Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: digestive
IPA transcription: [daɪdʒ'ɛstɪv]
Pronunciations of digestive
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: digestive
    Meaning: relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion; "digestive juices"; "a digestive enzyme"; "digestive ferment"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: digestive
    Meaning: any substance that promotes digestion
Usage examples
  • His coat and ribs will generally indicate whether he be sufficiently cared for, whether he be sick or sound in his digestive organs; feed him always in the same place, and at the same hour: once a day is sufficient, if he be over six months old.
  • It is his habit, in after-life, to combat every little costiveness, every digestive derangement, every incipient disease, by means of his cathartic mixture, and his skill is considered proportionate to the quantity of stuff which the bowels expel under the operation of his drugs.
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