digestibility

/di,dʤestə'biliti/

Thân thiện

This food has high digestibility for sensitive stomachs.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quality or state of being easy to digest: "Digestibility" refers to the property of food or other substances that allows them to be broken down and absorbed by the body's digestive system with relative ease.

Usage

• "Digestibility" is used to describe how easily a substance, typically food, can be digested. It is a technical term often found in nutritional science, health discussions, and food product descriptions.
• It is an uncountable noun.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The digestibility of this new protein supplement is very high.
  • Cooking vegetables often improves their digestibility.
  • A key factor in choosing pet food is its digestibility.

Advanced Usage

• "High/Low digestibility": A common collocation to describe the degree to which something is easy or difficult to digest.
  • White rice generally has higher digestibility than brown rice for people with sensitive stomachs.
• Used in comparative contexts.
  • Researchers compared the digestibility of the two formulas.

Variants and Related Words

• Digestible (adj): Able to be digested.
  • This meal is easily digestible.
• Indigestibility (n): The quality of being difficult or impossible to digest.
  • The indigestibility of the raw beans caused discomfort.

Synonyms

• Assimilability: The capacity to be absorbed and incorporated.
• Bioavailability (in specific contexts): The proportion of a substance that enters circulation and is able to have an active effect.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the property of being easy to digest

Từ đồng nghĩa

• digestibleness