gastrointestinal tract

Scientific  

/ găs′trō-ĭn-tĕs′tə-nəl /

1. The digestive tract, especially of a human.

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gastrointestinal tract Cultural  

1. The stomach and intestines; the path that food follows once it leaves the esophagus.

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Example Sentences

After the spheres moved through the gastrointestinal tract, the team retrieved them using a magnet and reported three key findings:

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With the NIH's support, the Scripps and Allen Institute researchers plan to map how sensory neurons connect with a wide variety of internal organs, including the heart and gastrointestinal tract.

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These toxins can affect your heart, bloodstream and even gastrointestinal tract, Elsayegh said.

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A fungus discovered in the mouse stomach may hold a key to fungal evolution within the gastrointestinal tract, according to new research led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

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Oxytocin itself cannot be taken orally because it is rapidly broken down in the gastrointestinal tract.

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