Definitions for intestine

intestine in·tes·tine

Spelling: [in-tes-tin]
IPA: /ɪnˈtɛs tɪn/

Intestine is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in intestine (eeiinnstt).

Definitions for intestine

noun

  1. Usually, intestines. the lower part of the alimentary canal, extending from the pylorus to the anus.
  2. Also called small intestine. the narrow, longer part of the intestines, comprising the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, that serves to digest and absorb nutrients.
  3. Also called large intestine. the broad, shorter part of the intestines, comprising the cecum, colon, and rectum, that absorbs water from and eliminates the residues of digestion.

adjective

  1. internal; domestic; civil:

Origin of intestine

1525-35; Latin intestīnum, noun use of neuter of intestīnus internal, equivalent to intes- (variant of intus inside) + -tīnus adj. suffix; cf. vespertine

Examples for intestine

It is not absorbed at all from the stomach and only very slowly from the intestine.

Disorganization, aggravated by intestine faction, grew worse and worse.

Care should be taken that no loop of intestine is allowed to remain.

When the intestine is permeable and inflamed, infectious or toxic substances “leak” through the lining into the blood stream.

The mucous membrane of the intestine is much congested and swollen.

My diagnosis was paresis of the muscularis of the intestine.

Yes, and soon your body will work the piece of bone out of the intestine.

The hindgut is that portion of the intestine from the stomach to the end of the body.

I mean an intestine motion of the atoms or molecules of the luminous body.

I defined the Capricorn-grub as a bit of an intestine that crawls about.

Word Value for intestine
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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