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Digestive
Pronunciation : Di*gest"ive
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F. digestif, L. digestivus.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Di*gest"ive
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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
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