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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024di•ges•tive (di jes′tiv, dī-),USA pronunciation adj. - Physiologyserving for or pertaining to digestion;
having the function of digesting food:the digestive tract. - Drugspromoting digestion.
n. - Drugsa substance promoting digestion.
- Latin dīgestīvus, equivalent. to dīgest(us) (see digest) + -īvus -ive
- Middle French digestif
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: digestive /dɪˈdʒɛstɪv daɪ-/, digestant /daɪˈdʒɛstənt/ adj - relating to, aiding, or subjecting to digestion
diˈgestively adv di•ges•tion /dɪˈdʒɛstʃən, daɪ-/USA pronunciation n. - Physiology the process of digesting foods:[uncountable]Digestion is hindered by running immediately after eating.
- Physiology the function, power, or ability of digesting food:[countable; usually singular]My digestion got worse after surgery.
di•ges•tive /dɪˈdʒɛstɪv, daɪ-/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024di•ges•tion (di jes′chən, dī-),USA pronunciation n. - Physiologythe process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.
- Physiologythe function or power of digesting food:My digestion is bad.
- Physiologythe act of digesting or the state of being digested.
- Latin dīgestiōn- (stem of dīgestiō), equivalent. to dīgest(us) (see digest) + -iōn- -ion
- Anglo-French, Middle French
- Middle English digestioun 1350–1400
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