manducation

[医] 咀嚼[作用]

词形变化

manducations 复数 manducations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of eating.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The belief that eating the bread of Eucharist is eating the actual flesh of Jesus.

    可数 不可数 宗教

词源

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mandūcātiō, from mandūcō (“to chew, to eat”) + -tiō. Compare French manducation. By surface analysis, manducate + -ion.

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