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INTESTINE (Lat. intestinus, internal,...

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 717 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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INTESTINE (
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Lat. intestinus,
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internal, usually in neuter plural intestina. from intus, within)
  , in anatomy, the
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lower
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part of the alimentary canal; in man and mammals divided into the smaller intestine, from the pylorus to the iliocaecal valve, and the larger, reaching from the caecum and colon to the end of the rectum . The word is frequently applied to the whole of the alimentary canal in invertebrates . (See ALIMENTARY .

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