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al·i·men·ta·ry

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–adjective

1.	concerned with the function of nutrition; nutritive.

2.	pertaining to food.

3.	providing sustenance or maintenance.

[Origin: 1605–15; < L alimentārius. See aliment, -ary

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adj.

Concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion.
Providing nourishment.

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alimentary

1615, from M.L. ailimentarius "pertaining to food," from alimentum "nourishment," from alere "to nourish, rear, support, maintain," from PIE base *al- "to grow, nourish" (see old). Aliment "nourishment" was in Eng. from 1477.

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alimentary
adjective
of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew"

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alimentary [ӕliˈmentəri]

the passage for the digestion of food in animals, including the gullet, stomach and intestines

Arabic:	غِذائِي (القَناة الغِذَائِيَّه)
Chinese (Simplified):	营养的
Chinese (Traditional):	消化道
Czech:	zažívací ústrojí
Danish:	fordøjelseskanal
Dutch:	voedings-
Estonian:	seedekulgla
Finnish:	ruoansulatuskanava
French:	alimentaire, tube digestif
German:	der Verdauungstrakt
Greek:	πεπτικός, πεπτικός σωλήνας
Hungarian:	emésztőcsatorna
Icelandic:	meltingarvegur
Indonesian:	usus, saluran pencernaan
Italian:	digerente, tubo digerente

Japanese:	消化器官
Latvian:	barības vads
Lithuanian:	virškinimo traktas
Norwegian:	fordøyelseskanal
Polish:	przewód pokarmowy
Portuguese (Brazil):	alimentar, tubo digestivo
Portuguese (Portugal):	alimentar
Romanian:	alimentar; tub digestiv
Russian:	пищеварительный тракт
Slovak:	tráviaca rúra
Slovenian:	prebavni trakt
Spanish:	tubo digestivo
Swedish:	matsmältningskanal
Turkish:	sindirim borusu

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Alimentary

Al`i*men"ta*ry\, a. [L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum: cf. F. alimentaire.] Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.

Alimentary canal, the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts ejected.

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