Defn: The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.
3. (Med.)
Defn: Generation of pus; suppuration.
DIGESTIVE
Di*gest"ive, a. Etym: [F. digestif, L. digestivus.]
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.
DIGESTIVE
Di*gest"ive, n.
1. That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine. Chaucer. That digestive 2. (Med.) (a) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration. Dunglison. (b) A tonic. [R.] DIGESTOR Defn: See Digester.
Di*gest"or, n.