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intestinal, a.|ɪnˈtɛstɪnəl|
[ad. med. or mod.L. intestīnāl-is, f. intestīnum an intestine; cf. F. intestinal (Paré, 16th c.).]
1. a. Of or pertaining to the intestines; found in or affecting the intestines.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 320/1 For intestinalle woundes, take onlye the pouldre of redde Beetes. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. iii. 109 Their dung and intestinall excretions. 1797M. Baillie Morb. Anat. (1807) 192 Another supposition,..that intestinal worms are really formed from the matter contained in the intestines. 1851Carpenter Man. Phys. (ed. 2) 267 In Man, the whole length of the intestinal tube is about thirty feet.
fig.1794Sullivan View Nat. II. 124 ætna, Vesuvius, and other burning mountains, in this manner,..throw off their intestinal superfluities. 1945N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Oct. 18/4 (caption) Edgar Bergen—‘That guy has a lot of intestinal fortitude.’ Charlie McCarthy—‘I know a quicker way to say that.’ 1961J. S. Mayer Restorative Art (ed. 4) 21 This is the time for intestinal fortitude and determination.
b. Having an intestine or enteron: opposed to anenterous.
2. = intestine a. 1. rare.
a1861Mrs. Browning Sword Castruccio v, In that strife of intestinal hate. |