intestine

• adj.内部; 国内
• n. 腸

ラテン語のintus（中に、中に）が語源で、enter（腸）のenteritis（腸炎）と語源は同じ。

intestine (n.)

early 15c., from Middle French intestin (14c.) or directly from Latin intestinum "a gut," in plural, "intestines, bowels," noun use of neuter of adjective intestinus a??inward, internala?? (see intestines). Distinction of large and small intestines in Middle English was made under the terms gross and subtle. The word also was used as an adjective in English from 1530s with a sense of a??internal, domestic, civil.a??

1. This drug lowers cholestrol levels by binding fats in the intestine .

この薬は腸内の脂肪を接着することによってコレステロールレベルを低下させる。

2.the viscid lining of the intestine

腸粘膜

3.The tapeworm is an inhabitant of the intestine .

ヤクムシは腸内に生息する寄生虫である.

4.The function of the stomach is to digest food sufficiently to enable it to pass into the intestine .

胃の機能は、腸に入れるために十分に食物を消化することです。

5.This vitamin is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine .

このビタミンは小腸壁を介して吸収される。