digestive tract
noun
: the tubular passage typically extending from the mouth to the anus or cloaca that functions in digestion and absorption of food and elimination of residual waste and that in most mammals includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestine, and anus
called also alimentary canal, alimentary tract
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The probiotics help support gut health by promoting a balanced microbiome, the community of microbes that live in your digestive tract and influence digestion, immunity, and mood.
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Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 8 June 2026
Otherwise, your body has to divert energy from other important processes that occur during rest to a digestive tract that should be inactive, Staller, who wasn’t involved in the research, said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
The gut microbiota is a community of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that live in your digestive tract.
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The other segment of our patients are trying to conceive and are interested how the inflammation of their digestive tract relates to their fertility outcomes.
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Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 8 June 2026
Otherwise, your body has to divert energy from other important processes that occur during rest to a digestive tract that should be inactive, Staller, who wasn’t involved in the research, said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
The gut microbiota is a community of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that live in your digestive tract.
—Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 5 June 2026
The other segment of our patients are trying to conceive and are interested how the inflammation of their digestive tract relates to their fertility outcomes.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for digestive tract
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“Digestive tract.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digestive%20tract. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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