Assimilation

(as-im-il-a' -shun). The proce of transforming food into such a nutrient condition that it is taken up by the circulatory system, to form an integral part of the economy; synthetic or constructive metabolism; anabolism. In biology, the formation of carbohydrate from water and carbon dioxid by the agency of chlorophyll. A., Mental, the mental reception of impre ions and their a ignment by the consciousne to their proper place. A., Primary, that concerned in the conversion of food into chyle and blood. A., Secondary, that relating to the formation of the organized ti ues of the body.