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Bile :: Bile (n.) A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters..

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

Entrails :: Entrails (n. pl.) The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines.

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

Crypt :: Crypt (n.) A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the crypts of Lieberk/hn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines..

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

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

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

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..

Vermiculation :: Vermiculation (n.) The act or operation of moving in the manner of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another; as, the vermiculation, or peristaltic motion, of the intestines..

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

Enterography :: Enterography (n.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology..

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..

Villus :: Villus (n.) One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface..

Bots :: Bots (n. pl.) The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are supposed to be the cause of various ailments..

Caul :: Caul (n.) The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum..

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..

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

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..

Intestines :: Intestines (pl. ) of Intestin.

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