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ALIMENTARY D

Volume 2 · 66 words · 1842 Edition

ALIMENTARY Duct or Canal, is a name given by Dr Tyson and some others to that part of the body through which the food passes from its reception into the mouth to its exit at the anus; including the gula, stomach, and intestines. See ANATOMY.

ALIMENTARY Law, lex alimentaria, was an old law among the Romans, whereby children were obliged to find sustenance for their parents.