Synonyms for alimentary
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : al-uh-men-tuh-ree |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæl əˈmɛn tə ri |
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Définition of alimentary
Origin :- 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).
- adj digestive
- Arsenic inflames the mucous membranes of the alimentary passages.
- Extract from : « Alcohol and the Human Brain » by Joseph Cook
- Oversaturated, the alimentary system refuses to work properly.
- Extract from : « The Iron Ration » by George Abel Schreiner
- Thus the alimentary supply is conditioned solely by the heat required.
- Extract from : « The Races of Man » by Joseph Deniker
- Of course these ceremonies are not followed by an alimentary communion.
- Extract from : « The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life » by Emile Durkheim
- The alimentary tract is not continued into the hindermost of them.
- Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour
- Appended to the alimentary tract are three glands or sets of glands.
- Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
- An alimentary substance formed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao, a tree belonging to the natural order Byttneriace.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
- An alimentary and medicinal substance prepared from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a Brazilian tree.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
- All that increases our alimentary resources is a discovery of the first merit.
- Extract from : « More Hunting Wasps » by J. Henri Fabre
- Sugar is not needed with grains to increase their alimentary value.
- Extract from : « Science in the Kitchen. » by Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
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