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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 --B. Jonson {Digestive apparatus}, the organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it {Digestive salt}, the chloride of potassium. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: digestive adj : relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion; "digestive juices"; "a digestive enzyme"; "digestive ferment"
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