What does the word intestinal mean?
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That which belongs to the intestines, - as intestinal canal, etc. Bordeu uses the term Pouls intestinal for a pulse, which he conceived to announce an approaching crisis by the intestines.
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[ Latin] Of or pertaining to the intestines as I. follicles, I. canal, I. fistula; performed by or taking place in the intestines, as I. absorption; originating in the intestine or due to some condition of it, as I. colic, I. causes of disease. Intestinal grippe See Grippe. Intestinal Juice( Succus entericus), a clear, faintly alkaline liquid secreted by the i. glands( glands of Lieberkuhn). It helps to emulsify fats and converts carbohydrates into maltose and subsequently into dextrose, and converts cane sugar into dextrose an levulose. Interstinal obstruction occlusion of the intestine with stoppage of the passage of feces. Acute. i. obstruction is due to hernia, volvulus, intussusception, impacted feces, or calculi, and is marked by great pain, prostration, fever, tympanites, vomiting which becomes stercoraceous, and absolute constipation. Chronic i. obstruction is due to stricture from ulceration or the pressure of tumors developing within or without the gut, and is marked by increasing incorrigible constipation, with or without pain, vomiting, and tympanites. Death is produced by peritonitis, gangrene, or exhaustion unless the obstruction is removed. Treatment: enemata thrown high up into the gut; laparotomy.
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Relating to the intestine.
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