intestinal

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It is taken up by the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract and, in large part, excreted by the kidneys.

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

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  • They put it in crude capsules made out of intestinal--you know, the same thing we used to make sausage skins out of. —  104 - Birds Of Death
  • Food stuff that is with no trouble conked out behind is engrossed into our higher intestinal area. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • If we may not soak up an exacting foodstuff, it depart to the subordinate intestinal area (colon), wherever microorganisms (in our colon) turmoil it to minor produces that may be fascinated. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • With diverticulitis people undergo the creation of little bulges in the intestinal area. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • "The data showed that the gastro-intestinal acceptability of chicory fructans at realistic daily doses by an adult healthy population is very good, whatever their chain length," —  NutraIngredients-USA RSS
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  1. = French intestinal = Spanish Portuguese Italian intestinale, from New Latin intestinalis, from Latin intestinum, an intestine: see intestine, n.
 

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/ɪnˈtɛstɪnəl/
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