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.
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