| Digestive 1. (a.) Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments. 2. (n.) That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine. 3. (n.) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration. 4. (n.) A tonic. Thesaurus Entries absorbency, absorbent, absorption, adsorption, assimilation, assimilative, bibulous, blotter, blotting, blotting paper, chemisorption, chemisorptive, chemosorption, chemosorptive, digestion, digestive, endosmosis, endosmotic, engrossment, exosmosis, exosmotic, imbibitory, infiltration, osmosis, osmotic, percolation, resorbent, seepage, soaking, sorbent, sorption, sponge, spongeous, sponging, spongy, thirsty |