Intestine

in-tes′tin, adj. internal: contained in the animal body: domestic: not foreign.— n.pl. a part of the digestive system, divided into the smaller intestine (comprising duodenum, jejunum, and ileum) and the greater intestine.— adj. Intes′tinal , pertaining to the intestines of an animal body. [Fr.,—L. in test in us — int us , within.]