predigestion
/ˌpriːdaɪˈdʒɛstʃən/
noun
- The process of breaking down food into a simpler form before it is eaten, often to make it easier to digest.
- Some baby foods undergo predigestion to make them gentle on an infant's stomach.
- The company uses an enzyme treatment for the predigestion of proteins in their meal replacement shakes.
- Predigestion of grains can help people with sensitive digestive systems absorb nutrients more easily.
- The process of simplifying or preparing information or material so that it is easier to understand or use.
- News apps often provide a predigestion of daily headlines in short summaries.
- The teacher's predigestion of the historical documents helped the class grasp the main ideas quickly.
- The textbook offers a predigestion of complex scientific theories for high school students.
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