enteron

[ en-tuh-ron, -ter-uhn ]

/ ˈɛn təˌrɒn, -tər ən /

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noun, plural en·ter·a

[en-ter-uh]. /ˈɛn tər ə/. Anatomy, Zoology.

the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.

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Origin of enteron

1835–45; <New Latin <Greek énteron intestine

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How to use enteron in a sentence

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
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One evening, while he was thus engaged, he observed de Patinos and Duke Wharton enter together.
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He will keep the sayings of renowned men, and will enter withal into the subtilties of parables.
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He was positive he had seen some one enter the room, go to the chair, and take the money from his pockets.
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A little shepherdess is guiding them, as anxious to get them in as they are to enter, for this means the end of her day's work.
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But first he held a whispered colloquy with the Princess, whom he entreated, or persuaded, to re-enter her gorgeous vehicle.
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British Dictionary definitions for enteron

enteron

/ (ˈɛntəˌrɒn) /

noun plural -tera (-tərə)

the alimentary canal, esp of an embryo or a coelenterate

Word Origin for enteron

C19: via New Latin from Greek: intestine; related to Latin inter between

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Medical definitions for enteron

enteron

[ ĕn′tə-rŏn′ ]

The alimentary canal; the intestines.

Other Idioms and Phrases with enteron

enter on

Also, enter upon. Set out, begin, as in We are entering on a new era, or They entered upon the most difficult part of the research. [Early 1600s]

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