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digestive tract

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alimentary canal, gut

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tract

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel

Narrower terms: enteron

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَنَاة هَضْمِيَّة — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消化道 (xiāohuàdào) — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消化系統 /消化系统 (xiāohuà xìtǒng) — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Czech: trávicí trakt — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Czech: zažívací trakt — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Czech: gastrointestinální trakt — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Dutch: spijsverteringskanaal — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Dutch: maag-darmkanaal — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Finnish: ruoansulatuskanava — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • French: tube digestif — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Galician: aparello dixestivo — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • German: Verdauungstrakt — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Greek: πεπτικός σωλήνας (peptikós solínas) — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Hungarian: emésztőcsatorna — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Irish: canáil an bhia — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Italian: apparato digerente — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Japanese: 消化管 (shōkakan) — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Northern Kurdish: coga herisê — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Latin: stomachus — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Māori: ara nakunaku kai — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Polish: przewód pokarmowy — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Portuguese: aparelho/trato digestivo — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Romanian: tub digestiv — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Romanian: aparat digestiv — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Russian: пищевари́тельный тракт (piščevarítelʹnyj trakt) — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Russian: кише́чник (kišéčnik) — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Spanish: tubo digestivo — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Spanish: pasaje digestivo — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Spanish: tracto digestivo — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Thai: ระบบย่อยอาหาร (rá-bòp yôi aa-hăan) — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Vietnamese: ống tiêu hoá — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • Welsh: llwybr treulio — a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food