Intestine Definition

ĭn-tĕstĭn

intestines

noun

intestines

The lower part of the alimentary canal, extending from the stomach to the anus and consisting of the small intestine and the large intestine; bowels.

Webster's New World

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adjective

Internal, with regard to a country or community; domestic; civil.

Webster's New World

Milton.

Hoping here to end / Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued.

Wiktionary

Hume.

An intestine struggle […] between authority and liberty.

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Other Word Forms of Intestine

Singular:

intestine

Plural:

intestines

Middle English from Old French intestin from Latin intestīna intestines from neuter pl. of intestīnus internal from intus within en in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin intestīnum, neuter of intestīnus (“internal”), as Etymology 2, below.

From Wiktionary
From Latin intestīnus (“internal”), from intus (“within”).

From Wiktionary