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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or constituting the intestine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Domestic: same as
intestine , a., 3. - Of or pertaining to the intestine, or the intestines in general; enteric: as, the intestinal tube or tract; intestinal movements.
- Having an intestine or enteron: the opposite of
anenlerous : applied to nearly all the Metazoa as distinguished from the Protozoa. - Inhabiting the intestine; entozoic; of or pertaining to the Intestina or Intestinalia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal
- adjective Same as
Intestine , n. - adjective (Zoöl.) any species of helminth living in the intestinal canal of any animal. The species are numerous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to the
intestines .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or inside the intestines
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Examples
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Because all APCs are mobile, and can travel throughout the body (including the intestine), it is plausible that a child immunized with MMR would have measles virus detected in intestinal tissues using a very sensitive assay.
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Seventy-five of 91 children with autism were found to have measles virus in intestinal biopsy tissue as compared with only five of 70 patients who didn't have autism.
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What I'm trying to say with such a long recount of an incident which took probably less than 10 seconds is this: some of us are born with the ABILITY and WILLINGNESS, call it intestinal fortitude, to deliver harmful force, even lethal force, to others.
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Nevertheless, These findings suggest that chronic psychological stress can be an initiating factor in intestinal inflammation by impairing mucosal defenses against luminal bacteria ....
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For James McConnell and the estimated 3 million other Americans with celiac disease, staying away from gluten is a fact of life if they want to prevent long-term intestinal damage and the myriad digestive discomforts that come with the disease.
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Is not in intestinal digestion the secretion of the pancreatic juice favoured by other elements like secretin?
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Probiotics are for more long term intestinal health.
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The development of a long-term intestinal culture system has, until recently, eluded researchers.
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Using Finnish study samples Peltonen-Palotie’s research group has identified, for example, the DNA variant that prevents the normal breakdown of lactose in intestinal cells after weaning period, thus causing lactose intolerance.
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Using Finnish study samples Peltonen-Palotie’s research group has identified, for example, the DNA variant that prevents the normal breakdown of lactose in intestinal cells after weaning period, thus causing lactose intolerance.
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