digestive systemnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/daɪˈdʒes.tɪv ˌsɪs.təm/us/daɪˈdʒes.tɪv ˌsɪs.təm/the organs in your body involved with the digestion of food
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The digestive system
- anus
- asshole
- bowel
- cecum
- chyme
- colonic
- colorectal
- gastrointestinal
- ileum
- innards
- intestine
- ng
- oesophageal
- oesophagus
- omental
- omentum
- sigmoid
- tummy
- ureter
- urogenital
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Examples from literature
- According to him, there is a disharmony of our food and our digestive system.
- Summary. —The main structure in the digestive system is the alimentary canal.
- The digestive system of the lion is such that it cannot receive nourishment save through meat.
- The reproductive and digestive systems, while somewhat improved, are not very markedly higher than those of annelids.
- Too freely used, and made too strong, tea and coffee may have a bad effect upon the nervous as well as the digestive system.