intestinaladj.
/ɪnˈtɛstɪnəl/ 1. figurative.1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 124 Ætna, Vesuvius, and other burning mountains, in this manner,..throw off their intestinal superfluities.1945 N.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.’1961 J. S. Mayer Restorative Art (ed. 4) 21 This is the time for intestinal fortitude and determination.
a. Of or pertaining to the intestines; found in or affecting the intestines.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > intestines > [adjective]
intestinal1599
tripal1709
enteric1764
bowel-like1839
intestiniform1859
intestino-vesical1867
enteral1905
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 320/1 For intestinalle woundes, take onlye the pouldre of redde Beetes.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. iii. 109 Their dung and intestinall excretions. View more context for this quotation
1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. viii. 127 Another supposition,..that intestinal worms are really formed from the matter contained in the intestines.
1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 267 In Man, the whole length of the intestinal tube is about thirty feet.
b. Having an intestine or enteron: opposed to anenterous adj.
2. = intestine adj. 1. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > natural impulse, instinct > [adjective]
untaughtc1445
habitual1526
natural1575
intestine1583
instinctivea1656
intestinala1861
primitive1910
instinctual1924
gut level1962
society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [adjective] > civil
civila1387
intestine1535
internecive1819
intestinala1861
a1861 E. B. Browning Sword Castruccio v In that strife of intestinal hate.
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intestinal flora n. the population of microorganisms present in the intestines.
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the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > [noun] > specific type of
intestinal flora1893
gut flora1936
superbug1959
pathotype1961
methylotroph1972
pathovar1975
1893 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. 27 254 Changes..occur in the intestinal flora of the newly-born at the establishment of the milk stools.
1918 J. H. Hess Princ. & Pract. Infant feeding i. 29 Intestinal flora varies greatly, the most important factor determining its nature being the chemical composition of the food.
1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) viii. 93 The coliform bacteria and the clostridia are normally present in the intestinal flora without causing any inconvenience.
2011 Deming (New Mexico) Headlight (Nexis) 21 Oct. Antibiotics destroy all the intestinal flora, good and bad.
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