digestive tract

American  

[dahy-jes-tiv trakt, di-jes-tiv] / daɪˈdʒɛs tɪv ˌtrækt, dɪˈdʒɛs tɪv /

noun

• digestive tracts
  plural

1. all the parts or organs of the body through which food passes during digestion, from the point where food is taken in to the point where waste is eliminated.

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digestive tract Scientific  

1. The series of organs in the digestive system through which food passes, nutrients are absorbed, and waste is eliminated. In higher vertebrates, it consists of the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, rectum, and anus.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• digestive-tract
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• digestive tracts
  plural

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Example Sentences

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digestive tract

Their allure also has to do with the way that strips are absorbed buccally, in the cheek, and sublingually, under the tongue, as opposed to only in the digestive tract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Normally, this intestinal barrier helps prevent potentially harmful substances from escaping the digestive tract and entering the bloodstream.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Although gut microbes can generate additional usable energy, the amount absorbed directly from food in the upper digestive tract also matters.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Manganiello detailed debilitating abdominal pain, fevers, rashes, headaches, fatigue and ulcers in his digestive tract that caused bleeding and led to countless colonoscopies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

“I do hope that Miss Trixie does appear,” he said after he had finished the first sandwich and emitted a series of belches which sounded as if they had disintegrated his digestive tract.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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