ASSIMILATION

n.?m//i2l-a’shuSn, Gr,, époiwars. Lat., a imilatio (from similis, like). Fr., a imilation. Ger., Aehnlichmachung, Gleichmachung, Aneignung, It., a i mil azione. Sp., asimilaciôn. The proce by which nutritive material, having been prepared by digestion, and having been brought into molecular contact With the organism, is Sperone By, the latter and becomes a part of it. fA, 385 C; K.]-A>skraft (Ger.). The a imilative faculty.—A’svermiégen (Ger.). See ASSIMILABILITY.—Destructive a. Fr., désa i mil at i on. Ger., zerstôrende A, Disa imilation, destructive metamorphosis; the molecular separation of any of the constituents of an organism and their reduction to the excrementitious state. [K.] ë