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DigestiveDigestive 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. --B.
Jonson.
Digestive apparatus, the organs of food digestion, esp. the
alimentary canal and glands connected with it.
Digestive salt, the chloride of potassium. Digestive
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. --Blackw. Mag.
2. (Med.)
(a) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer,
promotes suppuration. --Dunglison.
(b) A tonic. [R.]
Meaning of Digestive from wikipedia
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Digestive may
refer to: Digestion,
biological process of
metabolism Digestif,
small beverage at...
- A
digestive biscuit,
sometimes described as a sweet-meal biscuit, is a semi-sweet
biscuit that
originated in Scotland. The
digestive was
first developed...
- The
human digestive system consists of the
gastrointestinal tract plus the
accessory organs of
digestion (the tongue,
salivary glands, pancreas, liver...
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Digestive enzymes take part in the
chemical process of digestion,
which follows the
mechanical process of digestion. Food
consists of
macromolecules of...
- The
gastrointestinal tract (GI tract,
digestive tract,
alimentary canal) is the
tract or p****ageway of the
digestive system that
leads from the
mouth to...
- "study of") is the
branch of
medicine focused on the
digestive system and its disorders. The
digestive system consists of the
gastrointestinal tract, sometimes...
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pieces of food into
smaller pieces which can
subsequently be
accessed by
digestive enzymes.
Mechanical digestion takes place in the
mouth through mastication...
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microbial actions. The process,
which takes place in the
front part of the
digestive system and
therefore is
called foregut fermentation,
typically requires...
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Gastric acid,
gastric juice, or
stomach acid is a
digestive fluid formed within the
stomach lining. With a pH
between 1 and 3,
gastric acid
plays a key...
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Digestive Diseases and Sciences,
formerly known as the
American Journal of
Digestive Diseases, is a
monthly peer-reviewed
journal focusing on gastroenterology...