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di·ges·tive tract

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tractnoun

    tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination

Wiktionary

  1. digestive tractnoun

    System of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.

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  1. digestive tract

    The digestive tract, also known as the alimentary canal or gastrointestinal tract, is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus. It is the pathway through which food and liquids are processed for absorption of nutrients, and waste material is eliminated from the body. The main organs involved in the digestive tract include the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and anus.

Entomology

  1. Digestive tract

    the alimentary canal as a whole: more specifically that portion behind the crop, in which assimilation takes place.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of digestive tract in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of digestive tract in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of digestive tract in a Sentence

  1. Hannah Arrington:

    As The Arringtons ate them, they went down into The Arringtons digestive tract, and then each time The Arringtons would find another one somewhere in the house and swallow it, it would click together and it perforated a hole through The Arringtons stomach all the way down into The Arringtons colon area.

  2. Mario Moscatelli:

    These beautiful animals end up confusing plastic garbage with food. That can lead to death as the plastic material obstructs the digestive tract.

  3. Cameron Walker:

    And instead of having a stomach on the left, which is normal, Marie Bentley stomach was on the right, marie Bentley liver, which normally occurs predominantly on the right, was predominantly on the left. Marie Bentley spleen was on the right side instead of its normal occurrence on the left. And then the rest of Marie Bentley digestive tract, the ascending colon, was inverted as well.

  4. Kylie Ivanir:

    Artichokes are one of the highest fiber foods, packing seven grams of fiber per artichoke. Fiber fuels the anti-inflammatory and heart healthy microbes in the gut, and helps recycle cholesterol via the digestive tract.

  5. Cynthia Sass:

    Just 2 to 20 percent of the iron in plant foods makes its way from your digestive tract into your blood, compared to 15 to 35 percent from heme animal-based iron.


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  • gastrointestinální trakt, trávicí trakt, zažívací traktCzech
  • VerdauungstraktGerman
  • tubo digestivo, pasaje digestivoSpanish
  • ruoansulatuskanavaFinnish
  • tube digestifFrench
  • canáil an bhiaIrish
  • apparato digerenteItalian
  • 消化管Japanese
  • stomachusLatin
  • tub digestiv, aparat digestivRomanian
  • кишечник, пищеварительный трактRussian
  • ระบบย่อยอาหารThai

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