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Definition of Digestive system
1. Noun. The system that makes food absorbable into the body.
Group relationships: Body, Organic Structure, Physical Structure
Generic synonyms: System
Terms within: Liver, Pancreas, Digestive Fluid, Digestive Juice, Alimentary Canal, Alimentary Tract, Digestive Tract, Digestive Tube, Gastrointestinal Tract, Gi Tract, Digestive Gland, Salivary Gland
Definition of Digestive system
1. Noun. (anatomy) A system of organs for the purpose of digesting food. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Digestive system
1. The organs that are responsible for getting food into and out of the body and for making use of food to keep the body healthy. These include the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small intestine, colon, and rectum. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Digestive System
Literary usage of Digestive system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Inside the Cell by Maya Pines (1990)
"LYSOSOMES AND PEROXISOMES, THE CELL'S "digestive system" When a white blood cell
engulfs a bacterium and destroys it, the white cell's lysosomes do most of ..."
2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"Absorption and secretion in the digestive system of the land isopods. Philadelphia,
Pa., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei., 54, 1902, (2,44 -359, with pi. ..."
3. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"... SECTION V DISEASES OF THE digestive system A. DISEASES OF THE MOUTH STOMATITIS
Acute Stomatitis.—Simple or erythematous stomatitis, the commonest form, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1855)
"Pursuant to this plan, the diseases connected with tho digestive system come ...
SECTION I. DISEASES OF THE digestive system. These are most conveniently ..."
5. Problems of Child Welfare by George Benjamin Mangold (1914)
"Diseases of the digestive system. The most deadly of all diseases of infancy and
childhood are the various forms of acute intestinal diseases, ..."
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