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Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Digestive System > Gastrointestinal Transit
Digestive System and Oral Physiological Phenomena > Digestive System Physiological Phenomena > Gastrointestinal Motility > Gastrointestinal Transit

Preferred term

Gastrointestinal Transit  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Passage of food (sometimes in the form of a test meal) through the gastrointestinal tract as measured in minutes or hours. The rate of passage through the intestine is an indicator of small bowel function.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • GI Transit

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GJT70RCW-B

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