Meanings
plural digestive systems
- anatomyA system of organs for the purpose of digesting food.
All the food that you eat goes through your digestive system and is digested.
Synonyms: digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA system of organs for the purpose of digesting food.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe system that makes food absorbable into the body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic جِهَاز هَضْمِيّ
- جِهَاز هَضْمِيّ (jihāz haḍmiyy)system of organs
Chinese Cantonese 消化系統 /消化系统
- 消化系統 /消化系统 (siu¹ faa³ hai⁶ tung²)system of organs
Chinese Mandarin 消化系統 /消化系统
- 消化系統 /消化系统 (xiāohuà xìtǒng)system of organs
Czech trávicí soustava
- trávicí soustavasystem of organs
Dutch maag-darmstelsel
- maag-darmstelselsystem of organs
Esperanto digesta sistemo
- digesta sistemosystem of organs
Finnish ruoansulatusjärjestelmä, ruoansulatuselimistö
- ruoansulatusjärjestelmäsystem of organs
- ruoansulatuselimistösystem of organs
French système digestif
- système digestifsystem of organs
German Verdauungssystem
- Verdauungssystemsystem of organs
Greek πεπτικό σύστημα
- πεπτικό σύστημα (peptikó sýstima)system of organs
Hungarian emésztőrendszer
- emésztőrendszersystem of organs
Indonesian sistem pencernaan
- sistem pencernaansystem of organs
Irish coimpléasc
- coimpléascsystem of organs
Italian apparato digerente, sistema digerente
- apparato digerentesystem of organs
- sistema digerentesystem of organs
Japanese 消化器系
- 消化器系 (shōka kikei)system of organs
Latin systēma dīgestōrium
- systēma dīgestōriumsystem of organs
Polish układ pokarmowy, układ trawienny
- układ pokarmowysystem of organs
- układ trawiennysystem of organs
- gastrykasystem of organs
Portuguese sistema digestivo, sistema digestório
- sistema digestivosystem of organs
- sistema digestóriosystem of organs
Romanian sistem digestiv, aparat digestiv
- sistem digestivsystem of organs
- aparat digestivsystem of organs
Russian пищевари́тельная систе́ма
- пищевари́тельная систе́ма (piščevarítelʹnaja sistéma)system of organs
Spanish sistema digestivo
- sistema digestivosystem of organs
Swahili mfumo wa mmeng'enyo wa chakula
- mfumo wa mmeng'enyo wa chakulasystem of organs
Tagalog satunawing kaayusan
- satunawing kaayusansystem of organs
Turkish sindirim sistemi
- sindirim sistemisystem of organs
Ukrainian травна́ систе́ма
- травна́ систе́ма (travná systéma)system of organs
Vietnamese đường tiêu hóa, hệ tiêu hoá
- đường tiêu hóasystem of organs
- hệ tiêu hoásystem of organs
- hệ thống tiêu hoásystem of organs
Cite this entry
digestive system. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digestive%20system
“digestive system.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digestive%20system. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digestive system,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digestive%20system.
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