intestine

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The intestine, along with surrounding organs

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From Latin intestīnum, neuter of intestīnus (internal), as Etymology 2, below.

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Singular
intestine

Plural
intestines

intestine (plural intestines)

  1. (anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
  2. One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.
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From Latin intestīnus (internal), from intus (within).

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intestine (not comparable)

Positive
intestine

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Internal, domestic, especially in relation to a country or region.
    • 1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ch. 1,
      Yet the success of Trajan, however transient, was rapid and specious. The degenerate Parthians, broken by intestine discord, fled before his arms.
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intestine pl.

  1. Feminine form of intestino.