Alimentary
concerned with the function of nutrition; nutritive.
pertaining to food.
providing sustenance or maintenance.
historical examples
the alimentary system, blood-vessel system, and reproductive system have been evolved gradually in the same way.
the world’s greatest books – volume 15 – science various
-rs-nic inflames the mucous membranes of the alimentary p-ssages.
alcohol and the human brain joseph cook
the state of the alimentary tract may properly receive notice after these remarks.
a system of practical medicine by american authors, vol. i various
oversaturated, the alimentary system refuses to work properly.
the iron ration george abel schreiner
the greater portion of the alimentary cavity consists of the original segmentation cavity (vide diagrams).
the works of francis maitland balfour, volume 1 francis maitland balfour
of course these ceremonies are not followed by an alimentary communion.
the elementary forms of the religious life emile durkheim
it is possible to judge that his alimentary tract differs widely from that of the western european.
the balkan peninsula frank fox
an alimentary substance formed of the roasted seeds of the theobroma cacao, a tree belonging to the natural order byttneriace.
cooley’s cyclopdia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades…, sixth edition, volume i arnold cooley
dioscorides divided vegetables into aromatic, alimentary, medicinal, and vinous: a division of chemical character.
ill-strations of universal progress herbert spencer
an alimentary and medicinal substance prepared from the seeds of paullinia sorbilis, a brazilian tree.
cooley’s cyclopdia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades…, sixth edition, volume i arnold cooley
adjective
of or relating to nutrition
providing sustenance or nourishment
(scots law) free from the claims of creditors: an alimentary trust
adj.
1610s, from medieval latin alimentarius “pertaining to food,” from latin alimentum “nourishment,” from alere “to nourish, rear, support, maintain,” from pie root -al- “to grow, nourish” (see old).
alimentary al·i·men·ta·ry (āl’ə-měn’tə-rē, -trē)
adj.
concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion.
providing nourishment.
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