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Webster 1913 Edition
Intestine
In-tes′tine
,Adj.
1.
Internal; inward; – opposed to
external
. Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs,
Intestine
stone and ulcers. Milton.
2.
Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; – applied usually to that which is evil;
as,
intestine
disorders, calamities, etc.Hoping here to end
Intestine
war in heaven, the arch foe subdued. Milton.
An
intestine
struggle . . . between authority and liberty. Hume.
3.
Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.
Everything labors under an
intestine
necessity. Cudworth.
4.
Shut up; inclosed.
[R.]
Cowper.
1.
(Anat.)
That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
2.
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 cæcum, 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intestine
INTEST'INE
,Adj.
1.
Internal; inward; opposed to external; applied to the human or other animal body; as an intestine disease.2.
Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic, not foreign; as intestine feuds; intestine war; intestine enemies. It is to be remarked that this word is usually or always applied to evils. We never say, intestine happiness or prosperity; intestine trade,manufactures or bills; but intestine broils, trouble, disorders, calamities, war, &c. We say, internal peace, welfare, prosperity, or internal broils,war, trade, &c. This restricted use of intestine seems to be entirely arbitrary.INTEST'INE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
intestine
intestine
English
The intestine, along with surrounding organs
Noun
intestine (plural intestines)
- (anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
- One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
alimentary canal
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subdivision of the alimentary canal
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See also
Etymology 2
From Latin intestīnus (“internal”), from intus (“within”).
Adjective
intestine (not comparable)
- Domestic; taking place within a given country or region.
- 1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond 1957, p.2:
- It being true that now after fiue yeeres intestine warre with the reuengefull implacable Indians, a firme peace (not againe easily to be broken) hath bin lately concluded […].
- 1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ch.1,
- Yet the success of Trajan, however transient, was rapid and specious. The degenerate Parthians, broken by intestine discord, fled before his arms.
- 1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond 1957, p.2:
- (obsolete) Internal.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, I.41:
- When you have alleaged all the reasons you can, and beleeved all to disavow and reject her, she produceth, contrarie to your discourses, so intestine inclination, that you have small hold against her.
- Milton
- Hoping here to end / Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued.
- Hume
- an intestine struggle […] between authority and liberty
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, I.41:
- (obsolete, rare) Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.
- Cudworth
- Everything labours under an intestine necessity.
- Cudworth
- (obsolete, rare) Shut up; enclosed.
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