Modifies a noun

• mucosa: Even quite intensive scraping of the intestinal mucosa did not reveal coccidia.

• tract: The stomach is sending its contents through the intestinal tract.

• obstruction: In 1909 Cheadle was operated upon for intestinal obstruction.

• microflora: The intestinal microflora is fundamental to the operations of both systems.

• metaplasia: Biopsies taken from this area reveal an incomplete, patchy, intestinal metaplasia with goblet cells.

• epithelium: Nick Croft PhD FRCPCH Research field Professor Sanderson's research examines how dietary factors may alter the expression of genes in the intestinal epithelium.