GI TRACT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does GI tract mean? 

• GI TRACT (noun)
  The noun GI TRACT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GI TRACT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GI TRACT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

alimentary canal; alimentary tract; digestive tract; digestive tube; gastrointestinal tract; GI tract

Hypernyms ("GI tract" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Meronyms (parts of "GI tract"):

breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)

esophagus; gorge; gullet; oesophagus (the passage between the pharynx and the stomach)

small intestine (the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed)

large intestine (beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces)

pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "GI tract"):

enteron (the alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate))

Holonyms ("GI tract" is a part of...):

digestive system; gastrointestinal system; systema alimentarium; systema digestorium (the system that makes food absorbable into the body)

 Context examples 

The primary function of the GI tract is to ingest, digest, absorb and ultimately excrete food stuff.

(Gastrointestinal tract, NCI Thesaurus)

Stimulation aids digestion and absorption of nutrients as well as protection and lubrication of the GI tract.

(Gastrointestinal Secretory Induction, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon oral administration, the bacteria in this probiotic supplement help maintain adequate colonization of the GI tract and modulate the composition of the normal microflora.

(Lactobacillus acidophilus/Streptococcus thermophilus/Bifidobacterium lactis/L. rhamnosus/B. longum/B. bifidum-based Probiotic Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)

Linaclotide is minimally absorbed from the GI tract.

(Linaclotide, NCI Thesaurus)

This relieves the opioid-related side effects on the GI tract, including opioid-induced constipation.

(Oxycodone Hydrochloride/Naloxone Hydrochloride Prolonged-release Tablet, NCI Thesaurus)

E. casseliflavus has been isolated from plants, silage, soil and is commensal in the human GI tract, but has been associated with various human infections and has low level vancomycin resistance.

(Enterococcus casseliflavus, NCI Thesaurus)

Suppression decreases digestion and absorption of nutrients as well as protection and lubrication of the GI tract.

(Gastrointestinal Secretory Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent may also facilitate radiologic visualization of the GI tract.

(Butylscopolamine Bromide, NCI Thesaurus)

A derivative of the cholesterol absorption inhibitor ezetimibe designed to be non-soluble and target the luminal surface of the GI tract.

(Canosimibe, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon colonization of the GI tract, the probiotic bacteria form a protective barrier, interfere with the attachment of pathogenic bacteria and other harmful substances and may bind to and degrade carcinogens.

(Live Freeze-Dried Lactic Acid Bacteria Probiotic, NCI Thesaurus)