disassimilatev.
/ˌdɪsəˈsɪmᵻleɪt/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈsɪməˌleɪt/ Physiology and Biochemistry. Now rare.
transitive. To perform disassimilation upon; to break down into simpler substances.
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1853 H. Martineau Comte's Positive Philos. I. 437 The exhalation of molecules, which then become foreign bodies, to be parted with, or disassimilated, as nutrition proceeds.
1858 Amer. Med. Monthly Dec. 452 In this instance the carbonaceous materials are not completely disassimilated.
1877 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 73 438 The force obtainable from the nitrogenous matter disassimilated is totally inadequate to supply the power for the work performed.
1904 A. C. Croftan Clin. Urol. iii. 40 Then the organism begins at once to disassimilate the albumen of its proper tissues in order to cover the deficit.
2016 Trends Food Sci. & Technol. 56 28/1 Colonic microorganisms can disassimilate those compounds [sc. quercetin and its conjugates].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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