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Anus

The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled.

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Arse 76% connected

The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

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Bunghole 76% connected

See Bung, n., 2.

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Opening 76% connected

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Orifice 76% connected

A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.

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Porta 76% connected

The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus.

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Anal 74% connected

Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands.

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Anal 74% connected

Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands.

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Rectum 70% connected

The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.

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Alimentation noun · 78% connection

The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

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Bowel noun · 78% connection

the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus

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Canal noun · 78% connection

A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear.

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Carminative noun · 78% connection

A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence.

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Dejecta n. pl. · 78% connection

Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: posterior, opening, alimentary, canal, excrements.
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Dejecture noun · 78% connection

That which is voided; excrements.

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Digest verb · 78% connection

To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the ac…

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Egesta n. pl. · 78% connection

That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta.

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Enteradenology noun · 78% connection

The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.

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Enteric adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal.

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Enteron noun · 78% connection

The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.

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Enteropneusta n. pl. · 78% connection

A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by…

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Epithelium noun · 78% connection

The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymph…

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Esophagus noun · 78% connection

That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.

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Flatulence noun · 78% connection

a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

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Flatulent adjective · 78% connection

Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.

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Foregut noun · 78% connection

The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, o/ to the entrance of the bile duct.

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Gap noun · 78% connection

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which impli…

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