digestive tract

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Noun

digestive tract (plural digestive tracts)

1. System of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.

Synonyms

• GI tract
• gastrointestinal tract
• gut
• alimentary canal

Translations

• French: tube digestif
• German: Verdauungstrakt
• Italian: apparato digerente
• Portuguese: aparelho/trato digestivo
• Russian: пищеварительный тракт
• Spanish: tubo digestivo, pasaje digestivo

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