Digest: A shortened version of an email newsletter which replaces full-length articles with clickable links to the full article at a Web site, often with a brief summary of the contents.

 

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Digest: A shortened version of an email newsletter which replaces full-length articles with clickable links to the full article at a Web site, often with a brief summary of the contents.

Digestive System: One of eleven major body organ systems in animals; converts food from the external environment into nutrient molecules that can be used and stored by the body and eliminates solid wastes; in . . . View Full Definition

Intracellular Digestion: A form of digestion in which food is taken into cells by phagocytosis; found in sponges and most protozoa and coelenterates.

Extracellular Digestion: A form of digestion found in annelids, crustaceans, and chordates including vertebrates; takes place within the lumen of the digestive system, and the resulting nutrient molecules are transf . . . View Full Definition

Digestion: The process of breaking down food into its molecular and chemical components so that these nutrient molecules can cross plasma membranes.

Period Of Digestion: The time period of often high volatility after a new issue is released when the trading price of the security is established by the market.

Undigested Securities: A purchase and sale.

Digestion Efficiency: The fraction of living food that does not survive passage through a predator's gut

Gentian (Gentiana lutea): Increases ability to digest and assimilate food, increases sensitivity of glands and organs to adrenalin (the hormone the body secretes when in need of rapid energy).

Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria): Intestinal Astringent, anti-inflammatory, carminative, antacid, anti-emetic. Protects and soothe the mucous membranes of the digestive tract, reducing nausea. It is gentle enough yet its ast . . . View Full Definition