alimentary

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Also, if a physician gives too much medicine, as physicians have been known to do, one must discover the fact for himself, or his alimentary canal may suffer.

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  1. adjective Concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion.
  2. adjective Providing nourishment.

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  • In general, fear of Hamas prevails and the ideological alimentary taboos reign in this century of wars with the "Zionist enemy." —  GayandRight
  • He's a butt-heavy, limber-spined, bow-legged, sharp-toothed Puppy Chow hound with an intermittently severe plumbing leak and an alimentary canal with control issues at both ends. —  Knowledge is Power
  • (09 July 2008) - Duende Collective, a French design studio based in Paris, was recently commissioned by La Cuisine, an alimentary arts center in Nègrepelisse near the Midi-Pyrénées region, for a forthcoming exhibition examining the early relationship between mother and child. —  Cool Hunting
  • To those gastronomes who dine upon caviar and foie gras and toast points and larks 'tongues in aspic, kindly please continue your journey up your own alimentary tract. —  Riverfront Times | Complete Issue
  • On the other hand (this is the third hand) we ladies sometimes call our bellies 'poochey' or other terms, not exactly terms of endearment, when we've eaten something disagreeable, and the alimentary canal in those parts tend to react and makes the belly stick out. —  The Moderate Voice
 

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