Assimilation

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(as-im-il-a' -shun) [see Assimil- able]. The process of transforming food into so nutrient a condition that it is taken up by the circulatory system, to form an integral part of the economy; synthetic or constructive metabolism; anabolism. A., Mental, the mental reception of impressions and their assignment by the consciousness to their proper place. A., Primary, that con- ASSOCIATED 110 ASTHMA cerned in the conversion of food into chyle and blood. A., Secondary, that relating to the formation of the organized tissues of the body.

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