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[syn: intestine, bowel, gut]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intestine \In*tes"tine\, a. [L. intestinus, fr. intus on the
inside, within, fr. in in: cf. F. intestine. See In.]
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1. Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.
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Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs,
Intestine stone and ulcers. --Milton.
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2. Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not
foreign; -- applied usually to that which is evil; as,
intestine disorders, calamities, etc.
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Hoping here to end
Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued.
--Milton.
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An intestine struggle . . . between authority and
liberty. --Hume.
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3. Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or
entity; subjective.
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Everything labors under an intestine necessity.
--Cudworth.
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4. Shut up; inclosed. [R.] --Cowper.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intestine \In*tes"tine\, n.; pl. Intestines. [L. intestinum:
cf. F. intestin. See Intestine, a.]
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1. (Anat.) That part of the alimentary canal between the
stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
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2. pl. The bowels; entrails; viscera.
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Large intestine (Human Anat. & Med.), the lower portion of
the bowel, terminating at the anus. It is adapted for the
retention of fecal matter, being shorter, broader, and
less convoluted than the small intestine; it consists of
three parts, the c[ae]cum, colon, and rectum.
Small intestine (Human Anat. & Med.), the upper portion of
the bowel, in which the process of digestion is
practically completed. It is narrow and contorted, and
consists of three parts, the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
intestine
n 1: the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and
the anus [syn: intestine, bowel, gut]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "intestine":
Eustachian tube, Fallopian tube, abatis, abdomen, anus, bowels,
brain, brains, canal, cecum, chitterlings, cockscomb, colon, duct,
duodenum, emunctory, endocardium, entrails, fistula, foregut,
giblets, gizzard, guts, haslet, heart, hindgut, home, inland,
innards, inner mechanism, inside, insides, interior, internal,
internals, intestines, inward, inwards, jejunum, kidney, kidneys,
kishkes, large intestine, liver, liver and lights, lung, marrow,
meatus, midgut, municipal, national, native, ostium, oviduct,
perineum, pore, pump, pylorus, rectum, salpinx, small intestine,
spleen, stomach, sweetbread, thoracic duct, ticker, tongue, tripe,
tripes, ureter, urethra, vagina, vas, vermiform appendix, vessel,
viscera, vitals, works