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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Atrium :: Atrium (n.) A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See Ascidioidea..
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.
Evert :: Evert (v. t.) To turn outwards, or inside out, as an intestine..
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 212ยก Fah
Hindgut :: Hindgut (n.) The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also..
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..
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..
Hippolith :: Hippolith (n.) A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse..
Volvulus :: Volvulus (n.) The spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes colic.
Ascarid :: Ascarid (n.) A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons..
Subinvolution :: Subintestinal (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the intestine..
Tappen :: Tappen (n.) An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation..
Cestoidea :: Cestoidea (n. pl.) A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm..
Convolution :: Convolution (n.) An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain..
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..
Windy :: Windy (superl.) Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines..
Intestinal :: Intestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal ferments..
Eventration :: Eventration (n.) A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude..
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..
Intestine :: Intestine (a.) Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.
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