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Meanings of digestive tube in English

Portuguese
aparelho digestivo
Catalan
tub digestiu

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

        aparelho digestivo
        Usage of digestive tube in English
        1
        Surgeons spent over three hours mending his wounded stomach and digestive tube.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Sausage casings were traditionally various parts of the animal digestive tube.
        On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
        3
        The dark, sometimes gritty "vein" along the tail muscle is actually the end of the digestive tube.
        On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
        4
        The work of digestion is chiefly done in the digestive tube or canal, which is about thirty feet in length.
        First Book in Physiology and Hygiene
        5
        Was I not justified in asserting that the unity of the animal plan is to be found in the digestive tube?
        The History of a Mouthful of Bread / And its effect on the organ...
        6
        The digestive tube is quite straight, without any perceptible swelling, and does not even go the whole length of the body.
        The History of a Mouthful of Bread / And its effect on the organ...
        7
        You remember, perhaps, the little republic talked about when we first entered the digestive tube; you have now the explanation of it.
        The History of a Mouthful of Bread / And its effect on the organ...
        8
        What is excellent in the digestive tubes would be appalling in the arteries.
        The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
        9
        "But you must remember the definition of Cabanis: 'Man is a digestive tube.' I imagine now...."
        Under Western Eyes
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