digestive

digestive

● digestif, digestive adjectif (bas latin digestivus) Relatif à la digestion : Avoir des troubles digestifs. Qui facilite la digestion. ● digestif, digestive (difficultés) adjectif (bas latin digestivus) Sens et emploi 1. Digeste, digestible = qui peut être digéré. Digestible ne se rencontre guère qu'au sens concret (un aliment facilement digestible et assimilable), alors que digeste (souvent employé en tournure négative) peut aussi être employé au sens figuré (des plats peu digestes ; j'ai lu ces derniers temps plusieurs ouvrages d'économie plus ou moins digestes). Remarque 1.Digeste, naguère critiqué, est passé dans l'usage. 2.Digestible et digeste ont un même contraire : indigeste. 2. Digestif = qui a rapport à la digestion ; qui facilite la digestion, ou qui est censé la faciliter. Tube digestif ; liqueur digestive (ou, n.m., un digestif). ● digestif, digestive (expressions) adjectif (bas latin digestivus) Appareil digestif, ensemble des organes ayant pour fonction essentielle l'assimilation des aliments destinés à apporter l'énergie nécessaire au fonctionnement des cellules. Sténose de l'appareil digestif, rétrécissement pathologique du calibre d'un des organes de la digestion. Sucs digestifs, produits de sécrétion des glandes digestives (estomac, pancréas, etc.). Tube digestif, ensemble formé par la bouche, l'œsophage, l'estomac et l'intestin.

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