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Problems and diseases affecting the long, complex system by which food is broken into substances to be used in the body and waste products to be excreted. In the digestive system, food enters the mouth, where is it chewed and softened with saliva and then swallowed in the throat and the long tube called the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-d"],"yoast_head":"\nDigestive disorders - Definition of Digestive disorders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Problems and diseases affecting the long, complex system by which food is broken into substances to be used in the body and waste products to be excreted. 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