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ALIMENTARY CANAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
Synonyms:
alimentary canal; alimentary tract; digestive tract; digestive tube; gastrointestinal tract; GI tract
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("alimentary canal" is a kind of...):
canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)
Meronyms (parts of "alimentary canal"):
breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)
esophagus; gorge; gullet; oesophagus (the passage between the pharynx and the stomach)
small intestine (the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed)
large intestine (beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces)
pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alimentary canal"):
enteron (the alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate))
Holonyms ("alimentary canal" is a part of...):
digestive system; gastrointestinal system; systema alimentarium; systema digestorium (the system that makes food absorbable into the body)
