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Intestine :: Intestine (a.) That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

Chyme :: Chyme (n.) The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.

Enterotomy :: Enterotomy (n.) Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia..

Chitterlings :: Chitterlings (n. pl.) The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food..

Outward :: Outward (a.) Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war..

Lieno-intestinal :: Lieno-intestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-intestinal vein of the frog..

Enterocele :: Enterocele (n.) A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.

Pudding :: Pudding (n.) An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Volvulus :: Volvulus (n.) The spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes colic.

Laxative :: Laxative (a.) Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent..

Duodenum :: Duodenum (n.) The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive..

Pylorus :: Pylorus (n.) The opening from the stomach into the intestine.

Intestines :: Intestines (pl. ) of Intestin.

Typhlosole :: Typhlosole (n.) A fold of the wall which projects into the cavity of the intestine in bivalve mollusks, certain annelids, starfishes, and some other animals..

Serolin :: Serolin (n.) A body found in fecal matter and thought to be formed in the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile; -- called also stercorin, and stercolin..

Wormseed :: Wormseed (n.) Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines..

Belly :: Belly (n.) That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen..

Mesentery :: Mesentery (n.) The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesocaecum, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc..

Peristaltic :: Peristaltic (a.) Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion of the intestines and other similar structures, produced by the successive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement..

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