Usually means: Initial portion of the digestive tract.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 23 dictionaries that define the word foregut:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. foregut: Merriam-Webster
  2. foregut: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. foregut: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. foregut: Collins English Dictionary
  5. foregut: Wordnik
  6. foregut: Wiktionary
  7. foregut: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. foregut: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. foregut: Dictionary.com
  10. Foregut: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Foregut: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. foregut: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Foregut: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. foregut: FreeDictionary.org
  15. foregut: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. foregut: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. foregut: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Foregut: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  5. foregut: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. foregut: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (foregut)

noun:  (biology, anatomy, embryology) The anterior part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, from the mouth to the duodenum, in humans and some other animals.
noun:  (biology, anatomy, medicine) The developed counterpart in the adult: the proximal part of the alimentary canal, which in humans runs from the mouth to the first half of the duodenum, up to the ampulla of Vater.

Similar:

Types:

Adjectives:

Words similar to foregut

Usage examples for foregut

Idioms related to foregut

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing foregut

Words that often appear near foregut

Rhymes of foregut

Invented words related to foregut

Similar:

Types:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux