intestines

Cultural  

1. The part of the gastrointestinal tract that extends from the stomach to the anus. The intestines are further subdivided into the large intestine and small intestine. (See digestive system.)

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Example Sentences

Intestines lacking Daam1, on the other hand, contained no extra Paneth cells.

From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2023

Intestines are for digesting food, ovaries are for making eggs, testicles are for making sperm--and in all three cases the contribution to natural selection's bottom line, genetic proliferation, is obvious.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the menu of Moscow's Grand Hotel: "Ragout of Intestines."

From Time Magazine Archive

When the Humours that should have passed off by Perspiration, are repelled to the Intestines, a tedious and very obstinate Looseness is the frequent Consequence.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Intestines, both large and small, red and injected.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin