alimentary tract (redirected from alimentary tract dysfunction)

alimentary tract

n.

See alimentary canal.

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alimentary tract

see alimentary canal, digestive system.

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alimentary tract abnormal motility

includes hypermotility, hypermotility, stasis.

alimentary tract congenital defects

includes agenesis, aplasia, achalasia.

alimentary tract dysfunction

inability of the alimentary tract to carry out properly the functions of prehension, swallowing, digestion and absorption of food. The mode of the dysfunction may be one of abnormal motor function, expressed by errors in motility, or of chemical function relating to secretion of digestive juices, including hypersecretion and fluid loss, and absorption of the products of digestion.

alimentary tract functional movement arrests

see ileus.

alimentary tract motility

the movements of the stomach and intestines which are the means of propelling food through the tract. They include peristalsis, segmenting movements and sphincter relaxation. Abnormality may take the form of hyper- or hypomotility.

alimentary tract mycosis

see phycomycosis, candidiasis, aspergillosis, histoplasmosis.

alimentary tract pain

see colic.

alimentary tract secretory function

includes gastric and pancreatic secretion, and secretion of intestinal glands.

alimentary tract stimulant

a traditional pharmaceutical maneuver of increasing gut motility by the oral administration of medicines which cause physical irritation of the mucosa, e.g. aloin, castor oil, croton oil.