Trawienne

Trawienne is a Polish adjective relating to digestion. It is used to describe processes, organs, and substances connected with the digestive system and appears mainly in medical, biological, and nutritional contexts as well as in everyday language. Common phrases include układ trawienny (digestive system), drogi trawienne (digestive tract), wydzielanie trawienne (digestive secretions), and procesy trawienne (digestive processes). The related noun is trawienie, meaning digestion, and the root traw- derives from the verb trawić, meaning to digest or to gnaw.

In Polish, trawienny is the usual masculine form of the adjective; trawienna and trawienne appear according to grammatical agreement with feminine and neuter or plural nouns. For example, procesy trawienne (digestive processes) is commonly used in technical texts. The term emphasizes relation to digestion rather than anatomy alone, and it is often contrasted with related terms such as pokarmowy (food-related) or simply trawienie (digestion as a process).

In science and health literature, trawienne concepts include digestive enzymes, bile, pancreatic secretions, intestinal motility, and nutrient absorption. The word also appears in lay descriptions of how the body processes food, from chewing to nutrient uptake. While its primary use is technical, trawienne remains a standard part of everyday Polish when discussing health, diet, and anatomy.