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digestive /dʌɪˈdʒɛstɪv / /dɪˈdʒɛstɪv/adjective1Relating to the process of digesting food: digestive disorders...- These include increased blood pressure, cancers of the mouth and upper digestive system, cirrhosis of the liver, and pancreatic and other digestive disorders.
- Gastro-enterologists the world over attribute many of the chronic digestive disorders to the hurried swallowing of food, which may be over spiced or oily.
- An infusion made from the crushed foliage has cleansing and antiseptic properties and is used for soothing and healing skin wounds, and also as a remedy for certain digestive disorders.
1.1(Of food or medicine) aiding or promoting the process of digestion: tubes of digestive mints...- Peppermint is often gentler than other digestive herbs, such as ginger and cayenne; the aroma alone has a sedating and calming effect on many.
- The prescription is straight forward with blood tonics, spleen and digestive herbs, Tian Ma and Qiang Huo for the hair as well as Man Jing Zi.
- Omit it all together or try adding digestive herbs such as Chen Pi and Sha Ren.
noun1A food, drink, or medicine that aids or promotes the digestion of food.After the meal came a much-appreciated dressed green salad that worked as a digestive....- On May 27, the theme will be Strawberries and will include the chef's Table menu with several aperitifs, fine Bulgarian wines, digestives and coffee.
- The company is to launch a new Ayurvedic range that includes a whole range of products for treating cough and cold, memory enhancers, blood purifiers and digestives.
2 (also digestive biscuit) British A round semi-sweet biscuit made of wholemeal flour.But this, spotted today at about 3pm, really takes the digestive biscuit....- Let cool to room temperature, and serve with shortbread cookies or digestive biscuits.
- If you eat two chocolate digestive biscuits, they cancel each other out.
Derivativesdigestively adverb ...- An hour later, you return with something to appease your family both visually and digestively.
- Often, firefighters are called out in the middle of a meal, which is not digestively ideal.
- The normal physiological role for mesotrypsin is surmised to be to digestively degrade naturally occurring trypsin inhibitors found in food such as soybeans.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French digestif, -ive or Latin digestivus, from digest- 'digested', from the verb digerere (see digest). |