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intestinal

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Word definitions for intestinal in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intestinal \In*tes"ti*nal\, a. [Cf. F. intestinal.] Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal enzymes. Intestinal canal . Same as Intestine , n. Intestinal worm (Zo["o]l.), any species of ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to or inside the intestines; "intestinal disease" [syn: enteric , enteral ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from medical Latin intestinalis , from Latin intestinum (see intestine ).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Relating to the intestines.

Usage examples of intestinal.

If the autonomic nervous system, which controls various functions such as heart rate, blood pressure, and intestinal movement, gets out of balance, problems within the cardiovascular and gastrointestinal systems may very well occur and you may experience heart palpitations or diarrhea.

Veritt observed, and Zeth realized this must be the boy the channels had cured of an intestinal infection.

Here are proper conditions for osmosis, and this process of dialysis will take place whenever the intestinal contents holds more dialyzable material than the blood.

During childhood, particularly in scrofulous children, discharges from the vagina are not unfrequent, owing to worms or other intestinal irritation.

This powerful microscope enabled me for the first time to do stool exams to check the dogs for intestinal parasites and conduct blood counts and heartworm tests.

Rex had removed from storage the envelope of a small airship made from the intestinal linings of dragonfish over two years ago.

Woundings, slashings, cannibalism, pederasty, paedophilia, intestinal rape, sadistic penetrations of infants and the ageing became commonplace.

Teflon is used to line frying pans, but has also seen use in artificial organs: eustachian tubes, vitreous humors of the eye, veins and arteries, bladders, uteri, intestinal walls.

Who could see anything but humour in a man gulping down tincture of opium and shifting uneasily in his studio seat, his mind concerned with thoughts of fistula and surgery, his mind determinedly not preoccupied with intestinal resections and where that could lead?

Nor does chlorophyll seem affected by the intestinal secretions of various animals, judging by the colour of their excrement.

A surprising number, like the ubiquitous intestinal spirochetes, have no detectable function at all.

In some countries it is even added to stockfeeds to control intestinal parasites.

Heart clots were very common, if not universally present, in cases of ulceration of the intestinal mucous membrane, while in the uncomplicated cases of diarrhea and scurvy, the blood was fluid and did not coagulate readily, and the heart clots and fibrous concretions were almost universally absent.

Conda Challis was a bipedal life-form raised up from primordial slime, with habits and vices to match his internal, intestinal, mental, and moral composition.

Dress'd Meats appear in the Market, Sausages hang against the Sky, forming Lines of Text, cryptick Intestinal Commentary.