Carbon Jargon:

• depolymerization -- breaking down a polymer, or complex structure (protein), into its monomers, or single parts (amino acids)
• enzyme -- protein which accelerates chemical reactions in the cell
• fermentation -- process by which microorganisms produce enzymes to degrade (break-down) proteins
• pepsinogen -- inactive chemical found inside the stomach glands which keeps the stomach glands (which are made of protein) from digesting themselves
• regurgitation -- bringing already swallowed, partially digested food back up in order to rechew it
• remastication -- rechewing the feed after it has been regurgitated in order to squeeze liquid out and increase surface area for digestion; "chewing the cud"
• ruminary -- type of animal which cannot digest cellulose and, therefore, possesses additional stomach chambers, one of which is heavily fortified with cellulose-digesting bacteria and protozoa; such animals regurgitate and remasticate their food