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To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc., To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme., To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend., To appropriate for strengthening and comfort., Hence: To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook., To soften by heat and moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations., To dispose to suppurate, or generate healthy pus, as an ulcer or wound., To ripen; to mature., To quiet or abate, as anger or grief., To undergo digestion; as, food digests well or ill., To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer., That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles, A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.
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Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments., That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine., A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration., A tonic.
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The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration., The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood., Generation of pus; suppuration.
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∙ 13y agoIf something is digestible it means it can be easily digested.
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What is the meaning of digestive waste?
Digestive waste is feces or stools.
What is the medical term meaning inflammation of the pouches in the digestive system?
Diverticulitis is inflammation of pouches in the digestive system.
What is the meaning of esophagus?
That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.
What is the medical term meaning stomach noise?
"borborygmus" or (plural), "borborygmi".Digestion or digestive actions or passing gas in the digestive tract
What is the medical term meaning wavelike movement of digestive tubes?
Peristalsis
What is the medical term meaning inability to relax the smooth muscles of the digestive tract?
Achalasia
What is the meaning of digestive system?
The digestive system is what the body uses to process the food that is taken in through the mouth. It breaks the food down for many areas to use and then gets rid of the waste.
What is the meaning of to digestive?
to digest: your body digests food as it goes down your body, digesting is where in your body the food is broken down until it reaches the bottom! serving for or pertaining to digestion; having the function of digesting food: the digestive tract.
What body system does the intestines belong to?
The body system that the colon belongs to is the digestive system. The colon is also known as the large intestine.
What are good big questions for science?
1.What is the meaning of SCIENCE? 2.What did you learn about science? 3.What are the parts of skeletal and digestive systems? 4.What are the diseases/illness of our digestive system 5.Give 5 animals that are extinct.... HOPE THIS WORKS...:)))))))
What is the medical term meaning wave like contractions?
The medical term for wave-like contractions is peristalsis. This is the rhythmic muscular movements that helps propel food and other materials through the digestive tract.
What is the difference between nematodes and annelids?
Nematodes are "roundworms". Pseudocoelomates, meaning the pseudocoemomate lies between the digestive track and the muscle layer. There is no muscle layes surrounding the digestive track, as it would be for coelomates, like annelids (earthworms) Platyhelminthes are "flatworms". They are acoelomates, meaning they lack body cavity between the digestive track and the body covering. There is only a tissue filled region, but no true coelom. (Sorry, I must have pushed some inappropriate keys)
