Intestine
21intestine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bowel, alimentary canal, guts (inf.). See body. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. alimentary canal, large intestine, small intestine, bowels, food passage, gut*, pipe*, spaghetti*; see also intestines , organ 2 …
22intestine — noun (C) the long tube that takes food from your stomach out of your body intestinal adjective: intestinal bacteria see also: large intestine, small intestine …
23intestine — n 1.Often intestines alimentary canal, bowel, bowels, colon, colons, (of swine) chitterlings, (of animals) entrails, small intestine, large intestine; viscera, body organs, internal organs, internals; insides, inwards, Inf. innards, Inf. gizzard …
24intestine — UK [ɪnˈtestɪn] / US noun [countable, often plural] Word forms intestine : singular intestine plural intestines the long tube in your body that processes food and carries waste out of your body …
25intestine — n. (in sing. or pl.) the lower part of the alimentary canal from the end of the stomach to the anus. Phrases and idioms: large intestine the caecum, colon, and rectum collectively. small intestine the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum collectively.… …
26intestine — Elongate slender posterior part of alimentary canal, in some crustaceans partly corresponding to mesenteron and invariably to part of proctodeum [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. (Order Cladocera): Midgut [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Decapoda):… …
27intestine — [[t]ɪnte̱stɪn[/t]] intestines N COUNT Your intestines are the tubes in your body through which food passes when it has left your stomach. This area is always tender to the touch if the intestines are not functioning properly... This vitamin is… …
28Intestine, large — The tubelike organ that completes the process of digestion, receiving material from the small intestine. It has four parts: the cecum (caecum), the appendix (vermiform appendix), the colon, and the rectum. Once the products of digestion enter the …
29Intestine, small — The tubelike organ that receives the products of digestion from the stomach. It has three parts, the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum. The duodenum is rich in glands that produce digestive enzymes, and also receives bile from the liver.… …
30intestine — often used for most of the gut of fishes as many lack a stomach, although strictly that stretch from the stomach, when present, to the cloacal aperture …
