Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #942 of 1319

digestion (n.)

breaking down food

Examples

  • Aids digestion.

Key rules

  • Digestion is the process of breaking down food in the body
  • Aid digestion, poor digestion
  • Digestion is uncountable

Common mistakes

  • His digestions is slow → His digestion is slow
💡 Tip: Health // Food // Body
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