Definition of "predigestion" []

• The partial hydrolysis etc. of food, by enzymes or other materials, prior to normal digestion (noun)

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• "It is like that, which the physicians call predigestion, or hasty digestion; which is sure to fill the body full of crudities, and secret seeds of diseases."
• "It is like that which the physicians call predigestion, or hasty digestion; which is sure to fill the body full of crudities and secret seeds of diseases."
• "Corn silage has a positive effect due to the natural composition of corn, as well as its low buffer capacity, and the partial 'predigestion' during ensilage."