DIGESTIVE

digestive

(adjective) relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion; “digestive juices”; “a digestive enzyme”; “digestive ferment”

digestive

(noun) any substance that promotes digestion

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

digestive (comparative more digestive, superlative most digestive)

Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.

That causes or promotes digestion.

Noun

digestive (plural digestives)

A substance that aids digestion.

(UK, Ireland) A digestive biscuit.

Source: Wiktionary

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Di*gest"ive, a. Etym: [F. digestif, L. digestivus.]

Definition: Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments. Digestive cheese and fruit there sure will be. B. Jonson. Digestive apparatus, the organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it.

– Digestive salt, the chloride of potassium.

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. Blackw. Mag.

2. (Med.) (a) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration. Dunglison. (b) A tonic. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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