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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 717 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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INTESTINE (See also:Lat. intestinus, See also:internal, usually in neuter plural intestina. from intus, within) , in See also:anatomy, the See also:lower See also:part of the alimentary See also:canal; in See also:man and mammals divided into the smaller intestine, from the pylorus to the iliocaecal See also:valve, and the larger, reaching from the caecum and See also: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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