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Intestine   /ɪntˈɛstən/   Listen
noun
Intestine  n.  (pl. intestines)  
1.
(Anat.) That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus.
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 caecum, 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.



adjective
Intestine  adj.  
1.
Internal; inward; opposed to external. "Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs, Intestine stone and ulcers."
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." "An intestine struggle... between authority and liberty."
3.
Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective. "Everything labors under an intestine necessity."
4.
Shut up; inclosed. (R.)






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... could not long be waged without a rapid deterioration of all who were engaged in it. The spirit of Huss more and more departed from those who called themselves by his name. Intestine strifes devoured their strength. There were first the Moderates—Calixtines, Utraquists, or "Those of Prague," they were called—who, weary of the long struggle, were willing to return to the bosom of the Church ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 • Various

... the Convent, leaving him Confounded with Love, Admiration, Joy, Hope, Fear, and all the Train of Passions, which seize upon Men in his Condition, all at once. He was so teazed with this Variety of Torment, that he never missed the Two Hours that had slipped away during his Automachy and Intestine Conflict. Leonora's Return settled his Spirits, at least united them, and he had now no other Thought but how he should present himself before her. When she calling her Woman, bid her bolt the Garden Door on the Inside, that she might not be Surpriz'd by her Father, if he returned through the ...
— Incognita - or, Love & Duty Reconcil'd. A Novel • William Congreve

... could not be wanting to all the pretenders. Thus was Mercia torn to pieces; and the kingdom of Northumberland, assaulted on one side by the Scots, and ravaged on the other by the Danish incursions, could not recover from a long anarchy into which its intestine divisions had plunged it. Egbert knew how to make advantage of these divisions: fomenting them by his policy at first, and quelling them afterwards by his sword, he reduced these two kingdoms under his government. The same power which conquered ...
— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VII. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

... had confidently hoped at this time to be able to announce the arrangement of some of the important questions between this Government and that of Spain, but the negotiations have been protracted. The unhappy intestine dissensions of Spain command our profound sympathy, and must be accepted as perhaps a cause of some delay. An early settlement, in part at least, of the questions between the Governments is hoped. In the meantime, awaiting the results of immediately pending negotiations, I defer a further ...
— State of the Union Addresses of Ulysses S. Grant • Ulysses S. Grant

... the rancorous outrage of your Duke, To Merchants our well-dealing Countrimen, Who wanting gilders to redeeme their liues, Haue seal'd his rigorous statutes with their blouds, Excludes all pitty from our threatning lookes: For since the mortall and intestine iarres Twixt thy seditious Countrimen and vs, It hath in solemne Synodes beene decreed, Both by the Siracusians and our selues, To admit no trafficke to our aduerse townes: Nay more, if any borne at Ephesus ...
— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare


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