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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
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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
قَنَاة هَضْمِيَّة
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Chinese Mandarin:
消化道
(xiāohuàdào)
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Chinese Mandarin:
消化系統 /消化系统
(xiāohuà xìtǒng)
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Czech:
trávicí trakt
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Czech:
zažívací trakt
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Czech:
gastrointestinální trakt
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Dutch:
spijsverteringskanaal
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Dutch:
maag-darmkanaal
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Finnish:
ruoansulatuskanava
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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French:
tube digestif
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Galician:
aparello dixestivo
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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German:
Verdauungstrakt
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Greek:
πεπτικός σωλήνας
(peptikós solínas)
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Hungarian:
emésztőcsatorna
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Irish:
canáil an bhia
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Italian:
apparato digerente
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Japanese:
消化管
(shōkakan)
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Northern Kurdish:
coga herisê
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Latin:
stomachus
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Māori:
ara nakunaku kai
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Polish:
przewód pokarmowy
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Portuguese:
aparelho/trato digestivo
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Romanian:
tub digestiv
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Romanian:
aparat digestiv
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Russian:
пищевари́тельный тракт
(piščevarítelʹnyj trakt)
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Russian:
кише́чник
(kišéčnik)
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Spanish:
tubo digestivo
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Spanish:
pasaje digestivo
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Spanish:
tracto digestivo
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Thai:
ระบบย่อยอาหาร
(rá-bòp yôi aa-hăan)
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Vietnamese:
ống tiêu hoá
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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Welsh:
llwybr treulio
— a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food