DIGESTIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does digestible mean? 

• DIGESTIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective DIGESTIBLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal

  Familiarity information: DIGESTIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIGESTIBLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal

Similar:

assimilable (able to be absorbed and incorporated into body tissues)

light (easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned)

predigested (artificially partially digested as by enzymatic action)

Also:

comestible; eatable; edible (suitable for use as food)

Antonym:

indigestible (digested with difficulty)

Derivation:

digest (become assimilated into the body)

digest (convert food into absorbable substances)

digestibility; digestibleness (the property of being easy to digest)

 Context examples 

A mixture of non-digestible carbohydrates, containing the fermentable plant fructans oligosaccharide and inulin, with potential prebiotic activity.

(Oligofructose-enriched inulin, NCI Thesaurus)

"We need tools to process solar data in digestible chunks," said Dan Seaton, an institute scientist and one of the paper's co-authors.

(Detecting solar flares in real time, National Science Foundation)

A positively charged, non-digestible, triamine and epoxypropane copolymer anion-exchange resin that binds to bile acids in the intestine to form an insoluble complex, which is excreted in the feces.

(Colestipol, NCI Thesaurus)

Some termite species cultivate fungi in "gardens" in subterranean nests or chambers, helping to convert plant material into a more easily digestible termite food source.

(Researchers discover oldest evidence of 'farming' by insects, NSF)

A hydrochloride salt form of colestipol, a positively charged, non-digestible, triamine and epoxypropane copolymer anion-exchange resin that binds to bile acids in the intestine to form an insoluble complex, which is excreted in the feces.

(Colestipol Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)