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Intestine

Intestine Meaning & Definition
Intestine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Intestine?

[n] the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus

Synonyms | Synonyms for Intestine: bowel | gut

Related Terms | Find terms related to Intestine: abatis | abdomen | anus | bowels | brain | brains | canal | cecum | chitterlings | cockscomb | colon | duct | duodenum | emunctory | endocardium | entrails | Eustachian tube | Fallopian tube | fistula | foregut | giblets | gizzard | guts | haslet | heart | hindgut | home | inland | innards | inner mechanism | inside | insides | interior | internal | internals | intestines | inward | inwards | jejunum | kidney | kidneys | kishkes | large intestine | liver | liver and lights | lung | marrow | meatus | midgut | municipal | national | native | ostium | oviduct | perineum | pore | pump | pylorus | rectum | salpinx | small intestine | spleen | stomach | sweetbread | thoracic duct | ticker | tongue | tripe | tripes | ureter | urethra | vagina | vas | vermiform appendix | vessel | viscera | vitals | works

See Also | abdomen | belly | hindgut | internal organ | large intestine | small intestine | stomach | venter | viscus

Intestine In Webster's Dictionary

\In*tes"tine\, a. [L. intestinus, fr. intus on the inside, within, fr. in in: cf. F. intestine. See {In}.] 1. Internal; inward; -- opposed to {external}. Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs, Intestine stone and ulcers. --Milton. 2. Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; -- applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc. Hoping here to end Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued. --Milton. An intestine struggle . . . between authority and liberty. --Hume. 3. Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective. Everything labors under and intestine necessity. --Cudworth. 4. Shut up; inclosed. [R.] --Cowper.
\In*tes"tine\, n.; pl. {Intestines}. [L. intestinum: cf. F. intestin. See {Intestine}, a.] 1. (Anat.) That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus. 2. pl. The bowels; entrails; viscera. {Large intestine} (Human Anat. & Med.), the lower portion of the bowel, terminating at the anus. It is adapted for the retention of fecal matter, being shorter, broader, and less convoluted than the small intestine; it consists of three parts, the c[ae]cum, colon, and rectum. {Small intestine} (Human Anat. & Med.), the upper portion of the bowel, in which the process of digestion is practically completed. It is narrow and contorted, and consists of three parts, the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.

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