English-Thai Dictionary

digestive

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ การย่อยอาหาร  kiao-kab-kan-yoi-ar-han

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIGESTIVE

a. 1. Having the power to cause digestion in the stomach; as a digestive preparation or medicine.
2. Capable of softening and preparing by heat.
3. Methodizing; reducing to order; as digestive thought.
4. Causing maturation in wounds or ulcers.
5. Dissolving.

 

DIGESTIVE

n. 1. In medicine, any preparation or medicine which increases the tone of the stomach, and aids digestion; a stomachic; a corroborant.
2. In surgery, an application which ripens an ulcer or wound, or disposes it to suppurate.
Digestive salt, the muriate of potash.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

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.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

digestive

di ges tive |diˈjestiv, dī -dəˈʤɛstɪv | ▶adjective of or relating to the process of digesting food: stomach ulcers and other digestive disorders. • (of food or medicine ) aiding or promoting the process of digestion: digestive mints. ▶noun a food or medicine that aids or promotes the digestion of food. • (also digestive biscuit ) Brit. a round, semisweet cookie made of wholewheat flour. DERIVATIVES di ges tive ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French digestif, -ive or Latin digestivus, from digest- ‘digested, ’ from the verb digerere (see digest ).

 

digestive gland

di ges tive gland ▶noun Zoology a glandular organ of digestion present in crustaceans, mollusks, and certain other invertebrates.

 

Oxford Dictionary

digestive

di ¦gest |ive |dʌɪˈdʒɛstɪv, dɪ -| ▶adjective relating to the process of digesting food: digestive disorders. • (of food or medicine ) aiding or promoting the process of digestion: tubes of digestive mints. ▶noun 1 a food, drink, or medicine that aids or promotes the digestion of food. 2 (also digestive biscuit ) Brit. a round semi-sweet biscuit made of wholemeal flour. DERIVATIVES digestively adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French digestif, -ive or Latin digestivus, from digest- ‘digested ’, from the verb digerere (see digest ).

 

digestive gland

di ¦gest |ive gland ▶noun Zoology a glandular organ of digestion present in crustaceans, molluscs, and certain other invertebrates.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

digestive

di ges tive /daɪdʒéstɪv, dɪ -/形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗消化の, 消化を促す, 消化力のある .名詞 C 1 消化促進剤 .2 ｟英 ｠ダイジェスティブビスケット (digestive biscuit ) 〘全粒小麦粉で作る消化の良いビスケット 〙.～́ s ỳ stem 〖the ～〗消化器系 (統 ).