digestion

biological process of breaking down food and other matter
Intangible biological_process Q11978
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digestion

Summary

digestion is a biological process[1]. digestion draws 1,241 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #60 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • digestion's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
  • digestion is a type of multicellular organismal process[4].
  • digestion's Commons category is recorded as Digestion[5].
  • digestion comprises part of the digestion process[6].
  • digestion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Digestion[7].
  • digestion's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • digestion's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • digestion's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[10].
  • digestion's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • digestion's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'systema digestorium'}[12].
  • digestion's different from is recorded as human digestive system[13].
  • digestion's studied by is recorded as digestive physiology[14].
  • digestion's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0007586[15].
  • digestion's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[16].
  • digestion's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].
  • digestion's class of object is recorded as food[18].

Body

Definition and Type

digestion's instance of is recorded as biological process[3]. digestion is a type of multicellular organismal process[4].

Use and Application

digestion comprises part of the digestion process[6].

Why It Matters

digestion draws 1,241 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #60 of 442).[2] digestion has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] digestion is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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