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Definition of Gastrointestinal tract

1. Noun. Tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination.

Definition of Gastrointestinal tract

1. Noun. The digestive tract ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Gastrointestinal tract

1. The gastrointestinal tract starts from the oral cavity and proceeds to the oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus. (12 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastrointestinal Tract

Literary usage of Gastrointestinal tract

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association Annual Meeting by American Medico-Psychological Association (1905)
"I have selected as my title " Some Observations on the Relations of the gastrointestinal tract to Nervous and Mental Diseases. ..."

2. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"This approach has demonstrated the pervasive influence of the microbiota over a variety of events in the maturation of the gastrointestinal tract, ..."

3. Therapeutic Gazette (1912)
"15, 1912) states that from October 1, 1897, to November 1, 1911, 1264 cases of carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract were operated on at St. Mary's ..."

4. Physical diagnosis by Howard Schultz Anders (1907)
"RONTGEN EXAMINATION OF THE gastrointestinal tract THE STOMACH Occasionally, in thin people, the stomach may be seen naturally, because it is distended with ..."

5. Diseases of the Digestive Tract and Their Treatment by Arthur Everett Austin (1916)
"Tumors of the intestine may cause a localized dullness, provided that the distended gut does not overlie them, i AUSCULTATION OF THE gastrointestinal tract. ..."

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