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Definition of digestive
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Digestive
(a.)
Pertaining
to
digestion;
having
the power to cause or
promote
digestion;
as, the
digestive
ferments..
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Secretion
::
Secretion
(n.) The act of
secreting;
the
process
by which
material
is
separated
from the blood
through
the
agency
of the cells of the
various
glands
and
elaborated
by the cells into new
substances
so as to form the
various
secretions,
as the
saliva,
bile, and other
digestive
fluids.
The
process
varies
in the
different
glands,
and hence are
formed
the
various
secretions..
Maintain
::
Maintain
(v. t.) To hold or keep in any
particular
state or
condition;
to
support;
to
sustain;
to
uphold;
to keep up; not to
suffer
to fail or
decline;
as, to
maintain
a
certain
degree
of heat in a
furnace;
to
maintain
a fence or a
railroad;
to
maintain
the
digestive
process
or
powers
of the
stomach;
to
maintain
the
fertility
of soil; to
maintain
present
reputation..
Hepato-pancreas
::
Hepato-pancreas
(n.) A
digestive
gland in
Crustacea,
Mollusca,
etc.,
usually
called
the
liver,
but
different
from the liver of
vertebrates..
Stomach
::
Stomach
(n.) An
enlargement,
or
series
of
enlargements,
in the
anterior
part of the
alimentary
canal,
in which food is
digested;
any
cavity
in which
digestion
takes place in an
animal;
a
digestive
cavity.
See
Digestion,
and
Gastric
juice,
under
Gastric..
Digest
::
Digest
(v. t.) 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..
Digestive
::
Digestive
(n.) That which aids
digestion,
as a food or
medicine..
Phlegm
::
Phlegm
(a.)
Viscid
mucus
secreted
in
abnormal
quantity
in the
respiratory
and
digestive
passages.
Gastrovascular
::
Gastrovascular
(a.)
Having
the
structure,
or
performing
the
functions,
both of
digestive
and
circulatory
organs;
as, the
gastrovascular
cavity
of
c/lenterates..
Digester
::
Digester
(n.) A
medicine
or an
article
of food that aids
digestion,
or
strengthens
digestive
power..
Metabolism
::
Metabolism
(n.) The act or
process,
by which
living
tissues
or cells take up and
convert
into their own
proper
substance
the
nutritive
material
brought
to them by the
blood,
or by which they
transform
their cell
protoplasm
into
simpler
substances,
which are
fitted
either
for
excretion
or for some
special
purpose,
as in the
manufacture
of the
digestive
ferments.
Hence,
metabolism
may be
either
constructive
(anabolism),
or
destructive
(katabolism)..
Agastric
::
Agastric
(a.)
Having
to
stomach,
or
distinct
digestive
canal,
as the
tapeworm..
Dendroc/la
::
Dendroc/la
(n. pl.) A
division
of the
Turbellaria
in which the
digestive
cavity
gives off
lateral
branches,
which are often
divided
into
smaller
branchlets..
Esophagus
::
Esophagus
(n.) That part of the
alimentary
canal
between
the
pharynx
and the
stomach;
the
gullet.
See
Illust.
of
Digestive
apparatus,
under
Digestive..
Digestive
::
Digestive
(a.)
Pertaining
to
digestion;
having
the power to cause or
promote
digestion;
as, the
digestive
ferments..
Differentiation
::
Differentiation
(n.) The
gradual
formation
or
production
of
organs
or parts by a
process
of
evolution
or
development,
as when the seed
develops
the root and the stem, the
initial
stem
develops
the leaf,
branches,
and
flower
buds; or in
animal
life, when the germ
evolves
the
digestive
and other
organs
and
members,
or when the
animals
as they
advance
in
organization
acquire
special
organs
for
specific
purposes..
Pepsin
::
Pepsin
(n.) An
unorganized
proteolytic
ferment
or
enzyme
contained
in the
secretory
glands
of the
stomach.
In the
gastric
juice it is
united
with
dilute
hydrochloric
acid (0.2 per cent,
approximately)
and the two
together
constitute
the
active
portion
of the
digestive
fluid.
It is the
active
agent in the
gastric
juice of all
animals..
Pancreatin
::
Pancreatin
(n.) One of the
digestive
ferments
of the
pancreatic
juice;
also, a
preparation
containing
such a
ferment,
made from the
pancreas
of
animals,
and used in
medicine
as an aid to
digestion..
Zooid
::
Zooid (n.) One of the
individual
animals
in a
composite
group,
as of
Anthozoa,
Hydroidea,
and
Bryozoa;
--
sometimes
restricted
to those
individuals
in which the mouth and
digestive
organs
are not
developed..
Duodenum
::
Duodenum
(n.) The part of the small
intestines
between
the
stomach
and the
jejunum.
See
Illust.
of
Digestive
apparatus,
under
Digestive..
Gout
::
Gout (n.) A
constitutional
disease,
occurring
by
paroxysms.
It
consists
in an
inflammation
of the
fibrous
and
ligamentous
parts of the
joints,
and
almost
always
attacks
first the great toe, next the
smaller
joints,
after which it may
attack
the
greater
articulations.
It is
attended
with
various
sympathetic
phenomena,
particularly
in the
digestive
organs.
It may also
attack
internal
organs,
as the
stomach,
the
intestines,
etc..
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