digestive tract
noun
: the tubular passage typically extending from the mouth to the anus or cloaca that functions in digestion and absorption of food and elimination of residual waste and that in most mammals includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestine, and anus
called also alimentary canal, alimentary tract
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Small pieces of plastic could also be a choking hazard, damage the digestive tract when swallowed or damage teeth when chewed.
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Fall asleep and dream about being slowly forced, as if by some mechanized peristalsis, through the digestive tract of a huge synthetic worm that then deposits me into a lightless industrial kitchen.
—Jay Katsir, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
Gut-Brain Axis Dysfunction The gut-brain axis is a communication network between the digestive tract and the brain.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 15 Dec. 2024
One reason for this is the muscles in your digestive tract weaken with age.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 28 Nov. 2024
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Fall asleep and dream about being slowly forced, as if by some mechanized peristalsis, through the digestive tract of a huge synthetic worm that then deposits me into a lightless industrial kitchen.
—Jay Katsir, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
Gut-Brain Axis Dysfunction The gut-brain axis is a communication network between the digestive tract and the brain.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 15 Dec. 2024
One reason for this is the muscles in your digestive tract weaken with age.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Digestive tract.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digestive%20tract. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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