digestive

[Di*gestĀ·ive]

Any substance that promotes digestion

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Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments.

Adjective
relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion; "digestive juices"; "a digestive enzyme"; "digestive ferment"


a.
Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments.

n.
That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine.

n.
A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration.

n.
A tonic.


Digestive

Di*gest"ive , a. [F. digestif, L. digestivus.] Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments.
Digestive cheese and fruit there sure will be.
Digestive apparatus, the organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it. -- Digestive salt, the chloride of potassium.

Digestive

Di*gest"ive, n. 1. That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine. Chaucer.
That digestive [a cigar] had become to me as necessary as the meal itself.
2. (Med.) (a) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration. Dunglison. (b) A tonic. [R.]

Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments.

That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine.

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Usage Examples

A jellyfish is little more than a pulsating bell, a tassel of trailing tentacles and a single digestive opening through which it both eats and excretes - as regrettable an example of economy of design as ever was.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

When my friends have a health concern, they call me. I've always been a vitamin taker. I also take digestive enzymes and antioxidants, and supplements that help with the thyroid and adrenals for my time-zone changes.

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