digestibility

/daɪˌdʒɛstəˈbɪləti/
noun
  1. The quality of being easy or difficult for the body to break down food and absorb nutrients.
    • The digestibility of this new grain makes it a great choice for people with sensitive stomachs.
    • Cooking vegetables can improve their digestibility by breaking down tough fibers.
    • Scientists study the digestibility of different proteins to create better nutritional supplements.
  2. The quality of being easy to understand or process mentally.
    • For a complex topic, the speaker's digestibility came from using simple analogies.
    • The website's digestibility suffers from too much jargon and long paragraphs.
    • The digestibility of the textbook was improved by adding clear diagrams and summaries.
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