intestine
nounThe portion of the digestive tract extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consisting of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine.
adjectiveInternal; civil.
Internal; inward; pertaining to the interior part of something.
Inner; innate; inborn.
Internal with regard to a company, community, or nation; domestic: usually applied to what is evil: as, intestine feuds.
nounIn anatomy, the lower part of the alimentary canal, extending from the pyloric end of the stomach to the anus; gut; bowel: in popular use usually in the plural: the guts; bowels; entrails.
nounThat part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See
The bowels; entrails; viscera.
nounthe 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
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.