intestinal
[in-tes-tuh-nl; British in-tes-tahyn-l]
- occurring in or affecting the intestines.
- of, relating to, or resembling the intestines.
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Origin of intestinal
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Examples from the Web for intestinal
Contemporary Examples
They are right—it does not cause stomach or intestinal problems, only the devastating brain infection.
Anyone who answers differently is looking deep into their intestinal loops, not the Oregon study.
What other policies are we pulling out of our intestinal loops?
This shortage of intestinal fortitude had enormous military consequences.
Historical Examples
There are no holes from the intestinal tract into the blood vessels.
Common ScienceCarleton W. Washburne
A shorter treatise of Alexander is with regard to intestinal parasites.
Old-Time Makers of MedicineJames J. Walsh
Our return to thymol for intestinal parasites is interesting.
Old-Time Makers of MedicineJames J. Walsh
Fish, an intermediate diet for intestinal cases, was sorely missed.
In MesopotamiaMartin Swayne
Costiveness from increased action of the intestinal absorbents.
Zoonomia, Vol. IIErasmus Darwin
Word Origin and History for intestinal
adj.
early 15c., from medical Latin intestinalis, from Latin intestinum (see intestine).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
intestinal
(ĭn-tĕs′tə-nəl)- Of, relating to, or constituting the intestine.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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