digestion
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
-ion
gest
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
digestion
a process to convert (food) into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by an organism, as by chemical and muscular action in the digestive tract
概述, 提要, 消化, 吸收, 领悟; [生]细菌分解
Dissection of digestion
digestion = di- (in different directions) + gest (bear; carry) + -ion (act; process);
digestion = the process of separating and arranging
digestion = extended further to mean the process to convert food into small parts and absorb them into body
Now Repeat my Dissection
digestion = the process of separating and arranging
digestion = extended further to mean the process to convert food into small parts and absorb them into body
Important roots for this word:
di-
-ion
gest
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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