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Bezoar :: Bezoar (n.) A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea..

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..

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

Peristole :: Peristole (n.) Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines..

Impaction :: Impaction (n.) An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast..

Ambergris :: Ambergris (n.) A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212¡ Fah

Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go through the intestines.

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

Eventration :: Eventration (n.) A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude..

Bowel :: Bowel (n.) One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural..

Purge :: Purge (v. i.) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic..

Gastrointestinal :: Gastrointestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.

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

Catgut :: Catgut (n.) A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, esp. of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, etc..

Gastroenteritis :: Gastroenteritis (n.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines.

Pancreas :: Pancreas (n.) The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus..

Gout :: Gout (n.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc..

Enteropathy :: Enteropathy (n.) Disease of the intestines.

Lieberkuhn''s Glands :: Lieberkuhn's glands () The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also crypts of Lieberkuhn.

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