The act of digesting; the conversion of food by the action of the gastric juices into forms that can be used by the body.

消化作用；消化(食物经胃液之作用，变成可被身体吸收的形式)。

Mental or physical assimilation.

理解；吸收；领悟。

Ability to digest food.

消化力。

The process in sewage treatment by which organic matter in sludge is decomposed by anaerobic bacteria with the release of a burnable mixture of gases.

腐化；微生物化污法。