intestine
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
intestine /ɪnˈtestɪn/ (also intestines)
▶noun the lower part of the alimentary canal from the end of the stomach to the anus.
■ (in invertebrates) the whole alimentary canal.
– derivatives
intestinal adjective,
intestinally adverb.
intestinal adjective,
intestinally adverb.
– origin ME: from L. intestinum, neut. of intestinus, from intus ‘within’.
'intestine' also found in these Oxford entries:
abomasum
- anastomosis
- ancylostomiasis
- appendix
- bowel
- cholera
- chyle
- chyme
- chymotrypsin
- coelenterate
- coeliac disease
- colon
- duodenum
- enteral
- enteric
- enteritis
- entero-
- enterococcus
- enteropathy
- enterostomy
- giardiasis
- gut
- hernia
- ileum
- ileus
- impacted
- intussusception
- jejunum
- kishke
- lacteal
- large intestine
- malabsorption
- mesenteron
- mesentery
- midgut
- parenteral
- peristalsis
- pudding
- rectum
- small intestine
- steatorrhoea
- stomach
- trichina
- trypsin
- villus
- volvulus
