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Definitions for alimentary
ˌæl əˈmɛn tə rial·i·men·ta·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritiveadjective

    of or providing nourishment

    "good nourishing stew"

Wiktionary

  1. alimentaryadjective

    of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion

  2. alimentaryadjective

    nourishing; nutritious

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Alimentaryadjective

    Etymology: from aliment.

    The solution of the aliment by mastication is necessary; without it, the aliment could not be disposed for the changes, which it receives as it passeth through the alimentary duct. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

    I do not think that water supplies animals, or even plants, with nourishment, but serves for a vehicle to the alimentary particles, to convey and distribute them to the several parts of the body. John Ray, on the Creation.

    Of alimentary roots, some are pulpy and very nutritious; as, turneps and carrots. These have a fattening quality, which they manifest in feeding of cattle. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

Wikipedia

  1. alimentary

    The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines. Food taken in through the mouth is digested to extract nutrients and absorb energy, and the waste expelled at the anus as feces. Gastrointestinal is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines. Most animals have a "through-gut" or complete digestive tract. Exceptions are more primitive ones: sponges have small pores (ostia) throughout their body for digestion and a larger dorsal pore (osculum) for excretion, comb jellies have both a ventral mouth and dorsal anal pores, while cnidarians and acoels have a single pore for both digestion and excretion.The human gastrointestinal tract consists of the esophagus, stomach, and intestines, and is divided into the upper and lower gastrointestinal tracts. The GI tract includes all structures between the mouth and the anus, forming a continuous passageway that includes the main organs of digestion, namely, the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. The complete human digestive system is made up of the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver and gallbladder). The tract may also be divided into foregut, midgut, and hindgut, reflecting the embryological origin of each segment. The whole human GI tract is about nine metres (30 feet) long at autopsy. It is considerably shorter in the living body because the intestines, which are tubes of smooth muscle tissue, maintain constant muscle tone in a halfway-tense state but can relax in spots to allow for local distention and peristalsis.The gastrointestinal tract contains the gut microbiota, with some 1,000 different strains of bacteria having diverse roles in maintenance of immune health and metabolism, and many other microorganisms. Cells of the GI tract release hormones to help regulate the digestive process. These digestive hormones, including gastrin, secretin, cholecystokinin, and ghrelin, are mediated through either intracrine or autocrine mechanisms, indicating that the cells releasing these hormones are conserved structures throughout evolution.

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  1. alimentary

    Alimentary refers to anything related to the process of providing nutrition, including digestion and absorption. It can pertain to food, nourishment, or the alimentary canal, which is the whole passage along which food passes through the body from mouth to anus, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Alimentaryadjective

    pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances

  2. Etymology: [L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum: cf. F. alimentaire.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of alimentary in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of alimentary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of alimentary in a Sentence

  1. Ronald Reagan:

    Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

  2. Elizabeth Adamson:

    Baby: an alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other.

  3. Jim Dickson:

    They were recovered as mostly small scraps from the ice around him, from his clothes and gear, and even from his alimentary tract, those findings prompted the questions : Where did the fragments come from ? How, precisely, did they get there ? How do they help our understanding of The Iceman ?

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