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

Ileocolic :: Ileocolic (a.) Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine..

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

Diarrhoea :: Diarrhoea (n.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux..

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.

Intestines :: Intestines (pl. ) of Intestin.

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..

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

Purge :: Purge (v. t.) That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic..

Intestine :: Intestine (a.) Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.

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..

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..

Caecum :: Caecum (n.) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut.

Meconium :: Meconium (n.) The contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first excrement..

Convolution :: Convolution (n.) An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain..

Clyster :: Clyster (n.) A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema.

Volvulus :: Volvulus (n.) Any twisting or displacement of the intestines causing obstruction; ileus. See Ileus.

Enteralgia :: Enteralgia (n.) Pain in the intestines; colic.

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

Midgut :: Midgut (n.) The middle part of the alimentary canal from the stomach, or entrance of the bile duct, to, or including, the large intestine..

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