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The process of converting food into simpler and soluble form.


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Digestion:

  1. It is necessary to convert the food that we eat into a simple form so that it can be easily absorbed by cells.
  2. The process of converting complex food into simpler and absorbable or soluble form is called digestion.
  3. Digestion is not a single-step process. It is a series of steps in which complex macromolecules will convert into simpler micromolecules.

Final answer: The process of converting food into simple and soluble form is called digestion.


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