digestive
a substance promoting digestion.
Origin of digestive
1Other words from digestive
- di·ges·tive·ly, adverb
- non·di·ges·tive, adjective
- post·di·ges·tive, adjective
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How to use digestive in a sentence
Recovering patients, they say, have continued to test positive through samples from the lower digestive tract days after nasal and throat swabs came back negative.
China rolls out anal swab coronavirus test, saying it’s more accurate than throat method | Eva Dou | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostEach serving has 20 grams of protein with the inclusion of a helpful digestive enzyme.
Best protein powder: Better nutrition in a bottle | Carsen Joenk | January 11, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt’s a fun look at what readers can gain by setting down the glass — from extra money to health benefits such as better sleep, clearer skin and fewer digestive problems.
For the new year, an easy-to-sip guide that helps you abstain from alcohol for a month — or longer | Erin Blakemore | January 2, 2021 | Washington PostHe’s an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke, and I’ve written about his research several times, most recently last year when he and his colleagues proposed that our digestive tracts dictate the limits of sustained multi-week endurance challenges.
The company has already produced several possible proteins and has shown in its lab that they can survive digestive enzymes and the acidic environment found in the stomach.
This startup is using robots and A.I. to design new drugs | Jeremy Kahn | October 29, 2020 | Fortune
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract performs different digestive functions are various different locations.
‘Rectal Feeding’ Has Nothing to Do with Nutrition, Everything to Do with Torture | Russell Saunders | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome natural health practitioners also say activated charcoal can be useful to treat minor digestive issues.
“Biofuel” can be made out of anything that will ferment or rot, including digestive system waste products.
The Federal Government Has Violated My Right to Chainsaw | P. J. O’Rourke | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor people with celiac disease, consuming gluten triggers an immune response in the digestive system.
Research Shows Link Between NSAID Use and Gut Disease | Valerie Vande Panne | April 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTQuora Q: Does drinking water during meals help or hinder the digestive system?
Quora Q: Does Drinking Water During Meals Help or Hinder the Digestive System? | Quora Contributor | January 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey often appear in digestive disturbances, in neurasthenia, and when the oxidizing power of the system is diminished.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIt shuddered at the thought of Albert overloading his digestive tract any more than he had been doing the past week.
Insidekick | Jesse Franklin BoneA reprint of articles bearing on this subject is issued under the title digestive impossibilities.
As soon as the fish are nearly ready for spawning, all their digestive parts shrivel up, so that they can't eat.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries | Francis Rolt-WheelerSeveral glands, the function of which is to produce digestive fluids, open into the food tube.
A Civic Biology | George William Hunter
British Dictionary definitions for digestive
digestant (daɪˈdʒɛstənt)
/ (dɪˈdʒɛstɪv, daɪ-) /
relating to, aiding, or subjecting to digestion: a digestive enzyme
a less common word for digestant
short for digestive biscuit
Derived forms of digestive
- digestively, adverb
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