alimentary
Concerning bodily nourishment
Alimentary means relating to food, nourishment, or the digestive system.
The alimentary canal is the passage through which food travels from mouth to anus.
The term appears almost exclusively in anatomical or medical contexts: alimentary tract, alimentary function.
Outside technical writing, nutritional or digestive serves the same purpose.
Relating to digestive tract
- esophagusFood tube to stomach
- stomachDigestive organ below chest
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
- duodenumInitial small intestine
jejunum · ileum · colon · gastric · bile · enzymes · peristalsis · chyme
Promoting health through food
- nutrientsVital dietary substances
- vitaminsEssential organic nutrients
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
- proteinsAmino acid polymers
carbohydrates · fats · dietary · caloric · fiber · wholesome · fortified · balanced
Consumable nourishment source
- mealOccasion for nourishment
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- ediblesItems safe to consume
- fareTransport payment
foodstuff · victuals · comestibles · rations · feed · subsistence · bread · board
gastrointestinal
Relating to digestive tract
- esophagusFood tube to stomach
- stomachDigestive organ below chest
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
duodenum · jejunum · ileum · colon · gastric · bile · enzymes · peristalsis · chyme · absorption
nourishing
Promoting health through food
- nutrientsVital dietary substances
- vitaminsEssential organic nutrients
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
proteins · carbohydrates · fats · dietary · caloric · fiber · wholesome · fortified · balanced · sustenance
food
Consumable nourishment source
- mealOccasion for nourishment
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- ediblesItems safe to consume
fare · foodstuff · victuals · comestibles · rations · feed · subsistence · bread · board · diet
tube
Hollow cylindrical passage
channel · conduit · system · continuous · muscular · hollow · lumen · enteric
alimentaryexcretory
Relating to waste expulsion
eliminative · respiratory · urinary · circulatory · renal
alimentaryunwholesome
Detrimental to wellbeing
toxic · poisonous · non-nutritive · harmful · inedible
- alimentary canalBody's food-processing tube