intestine

🇬🇧 UK/in'testin/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC1

Definitions

n.

The long tube in the body through which food passes after leaving the stomach; the bowel.

adj.

Internal; occurring within a country or group.

内部的;国内的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
intestroot
+
ineof, relating to, resembling
=intestine

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The human intestine absorbs nutrients from food and eliminates waste through complex biological processes.

  • 2.

    Intestine diseases such as Crohn's disease cause severe inflammation and digestive complications.

  • 3.

    The intestine warfare among rival factions destabilized the region's peace for decades.

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