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Definition: Meaning of, tract in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / trakt /

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tract tracts
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  1. the digestive/reproductive/urinary etc tract a system of connected organs that have one main purpose in a part of your body
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  2. a large area of land
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  3. formal a short piece of writing, especially about a moral or religious subject
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tract used in phrases

  • GI tract (noun)
    1. tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
  • alimentary tract (noun)
    1. tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
  • alimentary tract smear (noun)
    1. any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the alimentary tract; obtained by specialized lavage techniques and used mainly to diagnose cancer in those parts
  • corticospinal tract (noun)
    1. any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord
  • digestive tract (noun)
    1. tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
  • gastrointestinal tract (noun)
    1. tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
  • lower respiratory tract (noun)
    1. the bronchi and lungs
  • lower respiratory tract smear (noun)
    1. any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract; used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs
  • nerve tract (noun)
    1. a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
  • optic tract (noun)
    1. the cranial nerve that serves the retina
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