Definition of Digestives. Meaning of Digestives. Synonyms of Digestives

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Definition of Digestives

Digestive
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.
Digestive
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.]

Meaning of Digestives from wikipedia

- characteristic sweetness. Digestives featured in adverti****ts for the Berkshire-based biscuit company Huntley & Palmers in 1876, with digestives sold by chemists...
- Look up digestive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Digestive may refer to: Digestion, biological process of metabolism Digestif, small beverage at...
- The human digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver...
- Digestive enzymes take part in the chemical process of digestion, which follows the mechanical process of digestion. Food consists of macromolecules of...
- Butter Shortbread BN Chocolate Digestives Club Biscuits. Cookies, including Boasters. Deli Choc Digestives Digestives Lights Fig Roll Fruit shortcake...
- The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or p****ageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to...
- Digestive Diseases and Sciences, formerly known as the American Journal of Digestive Diseases, is a monthly peer-reviewed journal focusing on gastroenterology...
- McVitie's Digestive Nibbles, reducing traditional biscuits to bite-sized format. In January 2017, McVities launched a line of thinner chocolate digestives, meant...
- usually hard and may be savoury or sweet, such as chocolate biscuits, digestives, hobnobs, ginger nuts, rich tea, shortbread, bourbons, and custard creams...
- The development of the digestive system in the human embryo concerns the epithelium of the digestive system and the parenchyma of its derivatives, which...