Crossword clues for intestines
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intestine \In*tes"tine\, n.; pl. Intestines. [L. intestinum: cf. F. intestin. See Intestine, a.]
(Anat.) That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
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pl. The bowels; entrails; viscera.
Large intestine (Human Anat. & Med.), the 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 small intestine; it consists of three parts, the c[ae]cum, colon, and rectum.
Small intestine (Human Anat. & Med.), 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"bowels," 1590s, from Latin intestina, neuter plural of intestinus (adj.) "internal, inward, intestine," from intus "within, on the inside" (see ento-). Compare Sanskrit antastyam, Greek entosthia "bowels." The Old English word was hropp, literally "rope."
Wiktionary
n. (plural of intestine English)
Usage examples of "intestines".
Once clothing had been removed from the body, Spratling could plainly see that in addition to the neck wounds, the abdomen had been ripped open and the intestines exposed.
Her dress had been pulled up over her head, her belly had been ripped open, and her intestines were not only visible this time, but pulled out and draped over her left shoulder.
Not only had the intestines been severed from their attachments within the abdomen and placed over the shoulder, the uterus, half of the vagina, and most of the bladder had been entirely removed, apparently cut out with some care.
When Watkins shined his light on the scene, he saw that her throat had been slashed, her dress pulled up above her waist, her abdomen slit open, and her intestines pulled out.
According to the tradition, the three Juwes had all manner of insidious tortures inflicted on them as punishment and warning, including the removal of their tongues and ritual disembowelment, with the intestines thrown over one shoulder.
As far as the intestines are concerned, there was so much mutilation that you could practically connect any historical mutilating torture with it and not be too far off.
Yet the state of the pineapple in the intestines suggested it was eaten that day or evening, and a bowl with cut pineapple was noted in the Ramsey kitchen.
There was an acrid stink, and I knew the intestines had been perforated.
The liver and intestines lay in a wet heap to one side of the body as if they had all spilled out at the same time.
By smell alone I was pretty sure that the intestines hadn't been pierced.
His intestines trailed out onto the cave floor, but his eyes were still blinking upward, still alive.
He wore a skirt of intestines that writhed and twisted like snakes, as if each thick glistening strand had an independent life of its own.
Severed eyelids fluttering against my skin, intestines that writhe like snakes around your waist, the necklace of tongues trying to lick me.
He took off the skirt of intestines, and another skin guy hurried forward to take it.
She remembered the realistic glisten of the fake gut wound, trailing a tangle of intestines across the deck plating.