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Definition: Gastrointestinal Tract |
Gastrointestinal TractNoun1. 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. |
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Health | The stomach and intestines. (references) |
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Synonyms: Gastrointestinal TractSynonyms: alimentary canal (n), alimentary tract (n), digestive tract (n), digestive tube (n). (additional references) |
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Health | These include the heart, endocrine organs, eyes, and gastrointestinal tract. (references) | |
Forms part of the normal microbial flora of the mouth and gastrointestinal tract. (references) | ||
These organisms may infect other sites in the gastrointestinal tract and cause esophagitis or diarrhea. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| 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 |
gastrointestinal tract | 39 |
gastrointestinal tract anatomy | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "gastrointestinal tract"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | gastrointestinalkanal (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal), tarmkanal (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal, intestinal tract), mave-tarmkanal (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal), fordoejelseskanal (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal, digestive tract, gastro-intestinal tract), canalis intestinalis (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal). (various references) | |
Dutch | Spijsverteringskanaal (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal, digestive tract), darnskanaal (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal), canalis intestinalis (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal). (various references) | |
French | tube digestif, appareil digestif. (various references) | |
German | Verdauungstrakt (alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive apparatus, digestive canal, digestive tract), Verdauungskanal (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal, digestive tract), Tractus digestorius (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal), Systema digestorium (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal), Digestionstrakt (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal), Digestionsapparat (alimentary canal, digester, digestion chamber, digestion tank, digestive apparatus, digestive canal, digestor, methane digester, sludge digestion chamber, sludge digestion compartment, sludge digestion tank, sludge-digestion compartment), Canalis digestorius (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal), Canalis alimentarius (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal), Apparatus digestorius (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal), Apparatus alimentarius (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal). (various references) | |
Hungarian | béltraktus. (various references) | |
Italian | tubo digerente (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal, digestive tract), canale alimentare (alimentary canal, digestive apparatus, digestive canal). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | astrointestinalgay acttray.(various references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"Gastrointestinal Tract" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gastrointestional tract. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-g-i-i-l-n-n-o-r-r-s-s-t-t-t-t-t" | |
-5 letters: gastrointestinal, transliterations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 73 74 72 6F 69 6E 74 65 73 74 69 6E 61 6C 54 72 61 63 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01110011 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101001 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100001 01101100 00100000 01010100 01110010 01100001 01100011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a s t r o i n t e s t i n a l   T r a c t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 0073 0074 0072 006F 0069 006E 0074 0065 0073 0074 0069 006E 0061 006C 0054 0072 0061 0063 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4167858684817580867185867580677825484676986 |
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