digestible

Other forms: digestibly

Definitions of digestible

1. adjective

   capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal
   synonyms:

   comestible, eatable, edible

   suitable for use as food

   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

   antonyms:

   indigestible

   (physiology) describing a substance that the body cannot break down, or that is difficult to break down and absorb into the bloodstream

   inedible, uneatable

   not suitable for food

   flatulent

   generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal

   heavy

   dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal

   nondigestible

   not digestible

   undigested

   not digested

   stodgy

   heavy and starchy and hard to digest