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Alimentary canal   /ˌæləmˈɛntəri kənˈæl/   Listen
adjective
Alimentary  adj.  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.






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... knows that quinine acts as a poison upon him, as it does upon some persons, he must refuse to take it. Also, if a physician gives too much medicine, as physicians have been known to do, one must discover the fact for himself, or his alimentary canal may suffer. Such men are merely types of the many persons who surround us and help us to live; we must be judges of the conduct of each of them toward us, if we wish to be ...
— How To Study and Teaching How To Study • F. M. McMurry

... undertaking. Mr. Sprig's subject, the digestive and excretory tracts, had not been a propitious one for so critical a time. Leofwin, who had invited himself along, had been captivated by the decorative possibilities of the alimentary canal and had led the discussion following the lecture with a vigour and thoroughness trying for those unfamiliar with an artist's training. "Don't you think it might be fun to trace something all the way from the initial bite down?" he asked. "Let's take an olive, ...
— Tutors' Lane • Wilmarth Lewis

... *—The alimentary canal has a length of about thirty feet and, while it begins at the mouth, all but about eighteen inches of it is found in the abdominal cavity. On account of its length it lies for the most part in coils, the two largest ones being known as the small intestine ...
— Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools • Francis M. Walters, A.M.

... disturbances (or causes if one is justified in referring to them as such) as to the manner in which laminitis is to be treated. In all cases where digestive disturbances exist, the prompt unloading of the contents of the alimentary canal is certainly indicated. D.M. Campbell[31] in a discussion of laminitis has the following to say regarding the treatment of ...
— Lameness of the Horse - Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 • John Victor Lacroix

... normal inhabitant of the intestinal tract, shows a great tendency to invade any organ or tissue whose vitality is lowered. It is causatively associated with such conditions as peritonitis and peritoneal suppuration resulting from strangulated hernia, appendicitis, or perforation in any part of the alimentary canal. In cystitis, pyelitis, abscess of the kidney, suppuration in the bile-ducts or liver, and in many other abdominal conditions, it plays a most important part. The discharge from wounds infected by this organism has usually a foetid, ...
— Manual of Surgery - Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. • Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles


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