gastrointestinal system

1. 1.

   the system that makes food absorbable into the body

   Synonymsdigestive systemsystema alimentariumsystema digestorium

   Broadersystem

   Part ofbody

   Partsliverpancreasdigestive juicealimentary canaldigestive glandsalivary gland

Questions about gastrointestinal system

What does gastrointestinal system mean?

gastrointestinal system means "the system that makes food absorbable into the body".

What is another word for gastrointestinal system?

Close synonyms include digestive system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gastrointestinal system a common word?

gastrointestinal system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.