All diseases that pertain to the gastrointestinal tract are labeled as digestive diseases. This includes diseases of the oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, the ileo-cecal complex, large intestine (ascending, transverse, and descending colon), sigmoid colon, and rectum.
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—Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)