enteron

American  

[en-tuh-ron, -ter-uhn] / ˈɛn təˌrɒn, -tər ən /

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

plural

entera

1. the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.

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enteron British  

/ ˈɛntəˌrɒn /

noun

1. the alimentary canal, esp of an embryo or a coelenterate

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Etymology

Origin of enteron

1835–45; < New Latin < Greek énteron intestine

Example Sentences

As it happened, enteron is another word for the human digestive system.

From Time Magazine Archive

Figure 6A represents a reconstruction, from a series of transverse sections, of the enteron of an embryo of about the age of the one shown in figure 6.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

The wall of this region of the enteron is comparatively thin, and consists of not more than two layers of compactly arranged cells with round nuclei.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

It passes through that region of the enteron, ph, which may be called the pre-oral gut, since it lies cephalad to the now open mouth.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.

A surface view of an embryo, from the dorsal aspect, at the beginning of the formation of the enteron.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.