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digestive

  • adjective
  • /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/

Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.

Other meanings

  1. That causes or promotes digestion.

Related words

  • aerodigestive
  • antidigestive
  • autodigestive
  • biliodigestive
  • cardiodigestive
  • digestively
  • digestiveness
  • extradigestive
  • interdigestive
  • maldigestive
  • nondigestive
  • orodigestive

Word history

From Latin "dīgestīvus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “digestive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.