digestive
adjective/daɪˈdʒestɪv/, /dɪˈdʒestɪv/
/daɪˈdʒestɪv/, /dɪˈdʒestɪv/
[only before noun]- connected with the digestion of food; helping the process of digestion
- the digestive tract
- digestive problems
- Peppermint is often gentler than other digestive herbs.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDigestive is used with these nouns:- biscuit
- organ
- system
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French digestif, -ive or Latin digestivus, from digest- ‘digested’, from the verb digerere, from di- ‘apart’ + gerere ‘carry’.Definitions on the go
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