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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In some species, their hearts are enlarged to pump more blood, or their digestive tracts grow and then shrink.
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Elizabeth Landau, Quanta Magazine, 19 May 2025
The butter was contaminated with coliform, a bacteria strain that is usually present in the digestive tracts of humans and animals.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
While many types of E. coli are harmless and even beneficial to the digestive tract, some strains produce a toxin called colibactin, which is capable of mutating human DNA.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 1 May 2025
This allows the magnesium to be absorbed through your skin, skipping your digestive tract.
—Patricia Mikula, Health, 28 Apr. 2025
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Elizabeth Landau, Quanta Magazine, 19 May 2025
The butter was contaminated with coliform, a bacteria strain that is usually present in the digestive tracts of humans and animals.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
While many types of E. coli are harmless and even beneficial to the digestive tract, some strains produce a toxin called colibactin, which is capable of mutating human DNA.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 1 May 2025
This allows the magnesium to be absorbed through your skin, skipping your digestive tract.
—Patricia Mikula, Health, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for digestive tract
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“Digestive tract.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digestive%20tract. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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