Your intestines are the tubes in your body through which food passes when it has left your stomach.
This area is always tender to the touch if the intestines are not functioning properly.
This vitamin is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine.
Synonyms: guts, insides [informal], bowels, internal organs More Synonyms of intestine
intestine in British English
(ɪnˈtɛstɪn)
noun
(usually plural)
the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
large intestine, small intestine ▶ Related adjective: alvine
Derived forms
intestinal (ɪnˈtɛstɪnəl, ˌɪntɛsˈtaɪnəl)
adjective
intestinally (inˈtestinally)
adverb
Word origin
C16: from Latin intestīnum gut, from intestīnus internal, from intus within
intestine in American English
(ɪnˈtɛstən)
adjective
1.
internal, with regard to a country or community; domestic; civil
noun
2. [usually pl.]
the lower part of the alimentary canal, extending from the stomach to the anus and consisting of the small intestine and the largeintestine; bowel(s): food passes from the stomach into the small intestine for further digestion
Word origin
L intestinus, inward, internal < intus, within, akin to Gr entos < IE *entos < base *en, in
Examples of 'intestine' in a sentence
intestine
There may be some hunger and rumbles from your stomach and intestines.
Turner, Roger Newman The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide (1988)
Copper is absorbed in the stomach and upper intestine.
Martlew, Gillian & Silver, Shelley (ed) The Medicine Chest - your family's guide to prescription drugs (1988)
Gas in the stomach or intestine.
Mayes, Adrienne The Dictionary of Nutritional Health (1986)
His doctors say he will die within weeks if an organ donor is not found to give him a liver and intestine.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Apparently up to 10lb of waste can get lodged in the lower intestine.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They found labs were measuring them only in the small intestine, which deals with liquids.
The Sun (2014)
The small intestine Around six metres in length.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The immune system attacks, damaging the small intestine lining.
The Sun (2014)
My stomach, intestines and liver were tested and also my skin elasticity.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Smile all the way down through your large and small intestines, out of your bottom.
The Sun (2010)
Conversely, bottling things up increases risk of heart problems and ulcers in the stomach or small intestine.
The Sun (2008)
They removed part of my colon and snipped away all the disease from my small intestine in a three-hour operation.
The Sun (2014)
In April he had radical surgery in which his small and large intestines were removed and blood vessels were reconstructed.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This vitamin is quickly absorbed in the upper and lower intestine, and can only be stored in very small amounts in the body.
Martlew, Gillian & Silver, Shelley (ed) The Medicine Chest - your family's guide to prescription drugs (1988)
In April, has emergency surgery on large intestine.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
His long-awaited liver and intestine transplant went ahead in April but his body rejected the organs.
The Sun (2009)
It was often preserved in a jar, as were other organs including the lungs, liver and intestines.
The Sun (2010)
The condition, which hits the large intestine, can also affect the immune system and lead to loss of weight.
The Sun (2011)
She was only given a 25 per cent chance of survival when her bladder, intestine and liver were found outside her body.
The Sun (2013)
That's when I found out how long the human intestine can stretch.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The twins shared an intestine, one large liver and a single sac around their hearts, and both nearly died from excessive bleeding during the operation.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
intestine
British English: intestine NOUN
Your intestines are the tubes in your body through which food passes when it has left your stomach.
This area is always tender to the touch if the intestines are not functioning properly.
American English: intestine
Brazilian Portuguese: intestino
Chinese: 肠
European Spanish: intestino
French: intestin
German: Darm
Italian: intestino
Japanese: 腸
Korean: 창자
European Portuguese: intestino
Latin American Spanish: intestino
(noun)
Definition
the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
This vitamin is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine.