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Definition of Enteron
1. Noun. The alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate).
Derivative terms: Enteral, Enteric
Definition of Enteron
1. n. The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.
Definition of Enteron
1. Noun. The gut, the whole intestine (alimentary) canal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enteron
1. the alimentary canal [n -TERONS or -TERA]
Medical Definition of Enteron
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Enteron
Literary usage of Enteron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Comparative Anatomy by Carl Gegenbaur (1878)
"The most anterior portion of the digestive tube is not sharply marked off from
the cephalic enteron. As they are both innervated by the vagus, ..."
2. Outlines of Chordate Development by William Erskine Kellicott (1913)
"The enteron and its Appendages After the wall of the ... After the time of hatching
the enteron elongates rapidly and, except at its anterior extremity, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1901)
"17) in which the blastopore has begun to narrow one still sees that these two
cavities are of nearly the same diameter. As the enteron becomes separated ..."
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