Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alimentary \Al`i*men"ta*ry\, a. [L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum: cf. F. alimentaire.] Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.
Alimentary canal, the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts ejected.
Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The organs of a human or an animal through which food passes. The digestive tract.
WordNet
n. tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination [syn: alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract]
Usage examples of "alimentary canal".
On all sides, the mountain made its presence felt, dwarfing them, threatening them, as if they were cestodes working their way up a vast alimentary canal.
It cuts down on the action of the muscles of the alimentary canal and on the blood vessels feeding the digestive apparatus and the skin because digestion can wait and the blood is needed elsewhere.
The secretions of the alimentary canal and of the kidneys are increased, and they are involuntarily voided, owing to the relaxation of the sphincter muscles, as is known to be the case with man, and as I have seen with cattle, dogs, cats, and monkeys.
Marx suit which vented lewd gurgles at the waitresses who passed, that gun was an object only, pointing where any suitable unbalance force might direct it: but which belt buckle was Da Conho taking a lead on: Abdul Sayid, the alimentary canal, himself?
Aimed perhaps at any alimentary canal in a Hart Schaffner & Marx suit which vented lewd gurgles at the waitresses who passed, that gun was an object only, pointing where any suitable unbalance force might direct it: but which belt buckle was Da Conho taking a lead on: Abdul Sayid, the alimentary canal, himself?
A portion of the alimentary canal just anterior to the rectum became enlarged into a sort of bellows.
It usually stays in the alimentary canal, but a few organisms make their way into the blood stream.
It would be visible in your alimentary canal, slowly fading away like the Cheshire Cat as it went from esophagus to stomach and to intestines.
One thing is certain, that in the year 615 before Jesus Christ, Necos undertook the works of an alimentary canal to the waters of the Nile across the plain of Egypt, looking towards Arabia.
One thing is certain, that in the year 615 before Jesus Christ, Necos undertook the works of an alimentary canal to the waters of the Nile, across the plain of Egypt, looking toward Arabia.
Treatment consists in the administration of stimulants and the emptying of the alimentary canal by means of promptly-acting emetics and purges to prevent absorption.
The alimentary canal stretches some 30 feet from cheek to cheek, as you descriptively put it.
This husk acted as an irritant to the alimentary canal, without adding any nutriment to the bread.
Toecap said, 'All beer and dirty underwear, this bloke,' and the young one made a joke based upon the alimentary canal.