digestive tract

noun

An organ system in multicellular animals responsible for ingestion, digestion, nutrient absorption, and elimination of waste.

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alimentary canalgutalimentary tractdigestive tubegastrointestinal tractGI tract
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Meanings

noundigestive tract (plural digestive tracts)

plural digestive tracts

  1. anatomyAn organ system in multicellular animals responsible for ingestion, digestion, nutrient absorption, and elimination of waste.

    Synonyms: alimentary canal, gut

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn organ system in multicellular animals responsible for ingestion, digestion, nutrient absorption, and elimination of waste.

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alimentary canalgut

More synonyms by meaning

nountubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination

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alimentary canalalimentary tractdigestive tubegastrointestinal tractGI tract
Broader
ductepithelial ductcanal
Also see
alimentary canaldigestive systemgastrointestinal tractgi tract

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic قَنَاة هَضْمِيَّة
  • قَنَاة هَضْمِيَّةa system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Chinese Mandarin 消化道, 消化系統 /消化系统
  • 消化道 (xiāohuàdào)a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • 消化系統 /消化系统 (xiāohuà xìtǒng)a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Czech trávicí trakt, zažívací trakt
  • trávicí trakta system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • zažívací trakta system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • gastrointestinální trakta system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Dutch spijsverteringskanaal, maag-darmkanaal
  • spijsverteringskanaala system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • maag-darmkanaala system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Finnish ruoansulatuskanava
  • ruoansulatuskanavaa system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
French tube digestif
  • tube digestifa system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
German Verdauungstrakt
  • Verdauungstrakta system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Greek πεπτικός σωλήνας
  • πεπτικός σωλήνας (peptikós solínas)a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Hungarian emésztőcsatorna
  • emésztőcsatornaa system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Irish canáil an bhia
  • canáil an bhiaa system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Italian apparato digerente
  • apparato digerentea system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Japanese 消化管
  • 消化管 (shōkakan)a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Latin stomachus
  • stomachusa system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Māori ara nakunaku kai
  • ara nakunaku kaia system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Polish przewód pokarmowy
  • przewód pokarmowya system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Portuguese aparelho/trato digestivo
  • aparelho/trato digestivoa system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Romanian tub digestiv, aparat digestiv
  • tub digestiva system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • aparat digestiva system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Russian пищевари́тельный тракт, кише́чник
  • пищевари́тельный тракт (piščevarítelʹnyj trakt)a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • кише́чник (kišéčnik)a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Spanish tubo digestivo, pasaje digestivo
  • tubo digestivoa system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • pasaje digestivoa system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
  • tracto digestivoa system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Thai ระบบย่อยอาหาร
  • ระบบย่อยอาหาร (rá-bòp yôi aa-hăan)a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Ukrainian травни́й тракт
  • травни́й тракт (travnýj trakt)a system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Vietnamese ống tiêu hoá
  • ống tiêu hoáa system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Welsh llwybr treulio
  • llwybr treulioa system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
Cite this entry
APA

digestive tract. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digestive%20tract

MLA

“digestive tract.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digestive%20tract. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digestive tract,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digestive%20tract.

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