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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intestine \In*tes"tine\, adjective [L. intestinus, fr. intus on the inside, within, fr. in in: cf. F. intestine. See {In}.]
1. Internal; inward; -- opposed to {external}.
Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs, Intestine stone and ulcers. --Milton.
2. Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; -- applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc.
Hoping here to end Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued. --Milton.
An intestine struggle . . . between authority and liberty. --Hume.
3. Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.
Everything labors under an intestine necessity. --Cudworth.
4. Shut up; inclosed. [R.] --Cowper.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intestine \In*tes"tine\, noun; pl. {Intestines}. [L. intestinum: cf. F. intestin. See {Intestine}, adjective]
1. (Anat.) That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
2. pl. The bowels; entrails; viscera.
{Large intestine} (Human Anat. & Med.), the lower portion of the bowel, terminating at the anus. It is adapted for the retention of fecal matter, being shorter, broader, and less convoluted than the small intestine; it consists of three parts, the c[ae]cum, colon, and rectum.
{Small intestine} (Human Anat. & Med.), the upper portion of the bowel, in which the process of digestion is practically completed. It is narrow and contorted, and consists of three parts, the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
intestine
noun: the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus [syn: {bowel}, {gut}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "intestine": Eustachian tube, Fallopian tube, abatis, abdomen, anus, bowels, brain, brains, canal, cecum, chitterlings, cockscomb, colon, duct, duodenum, emunctory, endocardium, entrails, fistula, foregut, giblets, gizzard, guts, haslet, heart, hindgut, home, inland, innards, inner mechanism, inside, insides, interior, internal, internals, intestines, inward, inwards, jejunum, kidney, kidneys, kishkes, large intestine, liver, liver and lights, lung, marrow, meatus, midgut, municipal, national, native, ostium, oviduct, perineum, pore, pump, pylorus, rectum, salpinx, small intestine, spleen, stomach, sweetbread, thoracic duct, ticker, tongue, tripe, tripes, ureter, urethra, vagina, vas, vermiform appendix, vessel, viscera, vitals, works
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