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Definition: Alimentary Canal |
Alimentary CanalNoun1. Tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Alimentary CanalSynonyms: alimentary tract (n), digestive tract (n), digestive tube (n), gastrointestinal tract (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Alimentary Canal |
| English words defined with "alimentary canal": anus, arse ♦ Bacteroidaceae, Bernard, bowel, breadbasket ♦ Claude Bernard, colicky ♦ digestible, Digestive apparatus ♦ Enteradenology, enteron, Enteropneusta ♦ family Bacteroidaceae, flatulence, flatulency, flatulent, Foregut ♦ gas, gassy, Gastropneumatic, GI series, gut ♦ hair ball, hairball, heavy, hindgut ♦ Indican, intestine ♦ light ♦ Mesenteron, Midgut ♦ rectum ♦ small intestine, Splanchnapophysis, stomach, Stomodaeum, Sympathetic system ♦ tooth, trichobezoar, tum, tummy ♦ Visceral cavity, Visceral clefts. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "alimentary canal": Bezoars ♦ Enteral Nutrition ♦ Infusions, Parenteral ♦ Malpighian Tubules ♦ Parenteral Nutrition, Parenteral Nutrition, Home. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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| Author | Quotation |
Ronald Reagan | Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alimentary canal | 27 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "alimentary canal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gypi tretës. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | храносмилателен система. (various references) | |
Czech | zažívací trakt. (various references) | |
Danish | tarmkanal (digestive apparatus, digestive canal, gastrointestinal tract, intestinal tract), mave-tarmkanal (digestive apparatus, digestive canal, gastrointestinal tract), gastrointestinalkanal (digestive apparatus, digestive canal, gastrointestinal tract), fordoejelseskanal (digestive apparatus, digestive canal, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, gastro-intestinal tract), canalis intestinalis (digestive apparatus, digestive canal, gastrointestinal tract). (various references) | |
Dutch | Spijsverteringskanaal (digestive apparatus, digestive canal, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract), darnskanaal (digestive apparatus, digestive canal, gastrointestinal tract), canalis intestinalis (digestive apparatus, digestive canal, gastrointestinal tract). (various references) | |
French | appareil digestif, tube digestif. (various references) | |
German | Verdauungskanal (digestive tract). (various references) | |
Greek | πεπτικόσ σωλήνασ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | bélcsatorna. (various references) | |
Italian | tubo digerente (digestive apparatus, digestive canal, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 消化管 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょうかか". (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alimentaryay analcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tubo digestivo (intestinal tract). (various references) | |
Russian | пищеварительный тракт (alimentary tract). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | probavni kanal, digestivni kanal. (various references) | |
Spanish | tubo digestivo (canal). (various references) | |
Swedish | matsmältningskanal. (various references) | |
Turkish | sindirim borusu. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-c-e-i-l-l-m-n-n-r-t-y" | |
-5 letters: alimentary, analytical, anemically, carnallite, catamenial, internally, maniacally, materially, maternally, metrically, terminally, tyrannical. | |
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