Definition of intestine

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

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Rectum :: Rectum (n.) The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.
Neurenteric :: Neurenteric (a.) Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron; as, the neurenteric canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates, connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine. See Illust. of Ectoderm..
Meconium :: Meconium (n.) The contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first excrement..
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..
Foregut :: Foregut (n.) The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, o/ to the entrance of the bile duct..
Alvine :: Alvine (a.) Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions..
Outward :: Outward (a.) Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war..
Intestine :: Intestine (a.) The bowels; entrails; viscera.
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go through the intestines.
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..
Mulligrubs :: Mulligrubs (n.) A griping of the intestines; colic.
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..
Ileum :: Ileum (n.) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine..
Intestine :: Intestine (a.) Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.
Intestine :: Intestine (a.) Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; -- applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc..
Peyer''s Glands :: Peyer's glands () Patches of lymphoid nodules, in the walls of the small intestiness; agminated glands; -- called also Peyer's patches. In typhoid fever they become the seat of ulcers which are regarded as the characteristic organic lesion of that disease..
Enteralgia :: Enteralgia (n.) Pain in the intestines; colic.
Chitterlings :: Chitterlings (n. pl.) The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food..
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.
Sipunculacea :: Sipunculacea (n. pl.) A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly..
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