DIGESTIVE, adjective 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, noun 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.
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