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MeSH Heading: Gastrointestinal Transit
Tree Number(s): E01.370.372.310; G10.261.360.525
Unique ID: D005772
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005772
Annotation: transit time also goes here
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Version: GI TRANSIT
Entry Term(s): GI Transit
Previous Indexing: Gastrointestinal Motility (1966-1987); Gastrointestinal System (1966-1987)
Public MeSH Note: 88
History Note: 88
Date Established: 1988/01/01
Date of Entry: 1987/03/13
Revision Date: 2019/04/29

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Gastrointestinal Transit MeSH Descriptor Data 2024