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digestion

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

digestion is a biological process[1]. digestion draws 5,470 Wikipedia views per month (biological process category, ranking #60 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: multicellular organismal process[3]
  • Commons category: Digestion[4]
  • Has part(s): part of the digestion process[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Digestion[6]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], The New Student's Reference Work[9], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10]
  • Native label: systema digestorium[11]
  • Different from: human digestive system[12]
  • Studied by: digestive physiology[13]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0007586[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[15], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
  • Class of object(s) of occurrence: food[17]

Why It Matters

digestion has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] digestion is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · O Breixo · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 115133
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 115133"
  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → digestion
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: digestion, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919671|digestion (#289919671)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004319-traveni
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004319-traveni, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Digestion
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 12121, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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