Broken down food in the stomach and intestines so the body can absorb nutrients, or mentally processed and understood information.
From Latin 'digerere' meaning 'to separate' or 'to carry apart' (di- + gerere). The word originally described the physical separation of food into usable components, then extended metaphorically to mean understanding information.
Your stomach acid is so powerful it can dissolve metal—it needs to be tough to break down everything from steak to peanuts! That's why your stomach lining constantly replaces itself, or it would digest itself.
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