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Alimentation :: Alimentation (n.) The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

Indigestion :: Indigestion (n.) Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion.

Nutriment :: Nutriment (n.) That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment.

Superaltar :: Superalimentation (n.) The act of overfeeding, or making one take food in excess of the natural appetite for it..

Intestine :: Intestine (a.) That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

Flatulent :: Flatulent (a.) Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.

Indican :: Indican (n.) An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin). Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash, C8H6NSO4K, and is derived from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called also uroxanthin..

Epithelium :: Epithelium (n.) The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities..

Stomach :: Stomach (n.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric..

Enteropneusta :: Enteropneusta (n. pl.) A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix..

Alimentally :: Alimentally (adv.) So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality.

Hindgut :: Hindgut (n.) The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also..

Anus :: Anus (n.) The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled..

Alimental :: Alimental (a.) Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap..

Alimentariness :: Alimentariness (n.) The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality.

Pabulous :: Pabulous (a.) Affording pabulum, or food; alimental..

Stomodaeum :: Stomodaeum (n.) A part of the alimentary canal. See under Mesenteron.

Esophagus :: Esophagus (n.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive..

Bromatology :: Bromatology (n.) The science of aliments.

Aliment :: Aliment (v. t.) To provide for the maintenance of.

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