digestive system

NOUN
  1. the system that makes food absorbable into the body
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How To Use digestive system In A Sentence

  • One's an antiacid and one controls where the acid is in the digestive system. Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry
  • Gastroenterology: Medical specialty dealing with digestion and the digestive system.
  • During the long, cruel month of February, waiting for my delinquent digestive system to kick in, I had contracted low-grade pneumonia.
  • The digestive system includes the mouth, teeth, tongue, esophagus, stomach, and intestines.
  • Flash I was saddled with 'Hologram' for a while, in respect of my annoying habit of disappearing instantly on a run ashore and reappearing magically in camp tucked up in bed minus speech, faculties and an workable digestive system teuchter. it means country folk. Army Rumour Service
  •   Kelley says that after the sea turtles have been rescued, they are cleaned and treated - including what's called a 'gavage' of mayonnaise and cod liver oil that will help purge their digestive system of oil. As Oil Ebbs, the Turtles Return
  • Bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, affects the lower part of the digestive system, the large bowel and the rectum.
  • (If you imagine a vertical line connecting the two orifices, the duodenum sits very roughly at the midpoint; on the other hand, if you consider the actual route that food takes through the entire twisting length of the digestive system, then the duodenum is actually much closer to the mouth than to the anus.) Matthew Yglesias » Stay Classy, Conservative Blogosphere
  • Fiber, also known as roughage, comes in two types: soluble fiber, which dissolves in water and may form a gel that carries food through the digestive tract; and insoluble fiber, which doesn't dissolve in water and rapidly passes through the digestive system largely intact. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • They quickly put an apple in his mouth and told him to say "oink" as they examined his digestive system. News Alert: Doctors Find Rush Limbaugh Has No Heart Trouble.
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