Definition of "intestinal" []

Of, relating to, or constituting the intestine: the intestinal wall; intestinal bacteria. (adjective)

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Use "intestinal" in a sentence

"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."
"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."
"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."

Words like "intestinal"

abdominal bronchial digestive duodenal

enteric gastric gastrointestinal ovarian

pulmonary rectal urinary uterine

vaginal vascular visceral