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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..

Ingesta :: Ingesta (n. pl.) That which is introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal; -- opposed to egesta.

Enteric :: Enteric (a.) Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal..

Enteron :: Enteron (n.) The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal..

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

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

Enteradenology :: Enteradenology (n.) The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.

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

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..

Monotremata :: Monotremata (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna..

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

Canal :: Canal (n.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear..

Mesenteron :: Mesenteron (n.) All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomod/um, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod/um, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with epiblast..

Carminative :: Carminative (n.) A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence..

Splanchnic :: Splanchnapophysis (n.) Any element of the skeleton in relation with the alimentary canal, as the jaws and hyoidean apparatus..

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..

Ingest :: Ingest (v. t.) To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal..

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

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

Gut :: Gut (n.) An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.

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