What does digestive mean?
Definitions for digestive
dɪˈdʒɛs tɪv, daɪ-di·ges·tive
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word digestive.
Princeton's WordNet
digestiveadjective
any substance that promotes digestion
digestiveadjective
relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion
"digestive juices"; "a digestive enzyme"; "digestive ferment"
Wiktionary
digestivenoun
a substance that aids digestion
digestiveadjective
of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
digestiveadjective
having the power to cause or promote digestion
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Digestiveadjective
Etymology: from digest.
A chilifactory menstruum, or a digestive preparation, drawn from species or individuals, whose stomachs peculiarly dissolve lapideous bodies. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. ii. c. 5.
The earth and sun were in that very same state; the one active, piercing, and digestive by its heat; the other passive, receptive, and stored with materials for such a production. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.
To business, ripen’d by digestive thought,
This future rule is into method brought. Dryden.Digestivenoun
An application which disposes a wound to generate matter. Richard Wiseman of Abscesses.
Etymology: from digest.
ChatGPT
digestive
Digestive refers to anything related to the process of digestion, which means the breakdown of food consumed by organisms for absorption and assimilation by the body. This term could specifically relate to the digestive system, which includes organs like the stomach and intestines involved in the digestion process. Digestive could also refer to enzymes or substances that aid in digestion, or to foods or medications that are known to promote good digestive health.
Webster Dictionary
Digestiveadjective
pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments
Digestivenoun
that which aids digestion, as a food or medicine
Digestivenoun
a substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration
Digestivenoun
a tonic
Etymology: [F. digestif, L. digestivus.]
Editors Contribution
digestive
Of or relating to digestion.
The digestive tract is part of the body.
Submitted by MaryC on February 27, 2020
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of digestive in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of digestive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of digestive in a Sentence
Artichokes are one of the highest fiber foods, packing seven grams of fiber per artichoke. Fiber fuels the anti-inflammatory and heart healthy microbes in the gut, and helps recycle cholesterol via the digestive tract.
I call it edible exploration, it's whatever works for me. It was as much an exploration of my digestive system as it was the British coastline.
These beautiful animals end up confusing plastic garbage with food. That can lead to death as the plastic material obstructs the digestive tract.
I love the brand’s voice and mission — it makes such a meaningful impact not only with its medicine, but in the way people talk about their bodies and digestive health, it really checks all the boxes.
In a study out of China where they looked at some of the earliest patients, some 200 patients, they found that digestive or stomach GI( gastrointestinal) symptoms were actually there in about half the patients.
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- جهاز هضميArabic
- храносмилателенBulgarian
- digestiuCatalan, Valencian
- zažívací, trávicíCzech
- χωνευτικόςGreek
- digestivoSpanish
- ruoansulatus-, digestiivinen, digestiiviFinnish
- digestifFrench
- meirbheachScottish Gaelic
- dixestivoGalician
- पचानेवालाHindi
- emésztésiHungarian
- digestiveLatin
- spijsverteringsDutch
- fordøyelsesNorwegian
- digestivoPortuguese
- пищеварительныйRussian
- செரிமானTamil
- травнийUkrainian
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