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Plural of intestine

regular plural

The plural of intestine is intestines.

Forms of intestine

Singularintestine /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪn/
Pluralintestines
Countablecountable

Intestines in a sentence

  • The mouth, oesophagus, stomach, and intestines are part of the human alimentary canal.From the entry alimentary canal
  • Stimulation of MOR in the intestines reduces propulsatile and diminishes intestinal secretions.2016, Gary S. Firestein, Ralph Budd, Sherine E Gabriel, Kelley and Firestein's Textbook of Rheumatology, →ISBN, page 1084. From the entry propulsatile
  • The fasciculol poisons in the sulfur tuft damage the stomach and intestines, causing vomiting and diarrhea.2009, Steve Parker, Molds, Mushrooms & Other Fungi, page 33. From the entry sulfur tuft
  • An intestinal fistula is an unwanted pathway from intestines to other organs (e.g., the bladder).2008, Sylvia Escott-Stump, Nutrition and Diagnosis-related Care, page 405. From the entry fistula
  • That discussion of fish intestines is justified because many acanthocephalans have been described from fish.1970, D. W. T. Crompton, An Ecological Approach to Acanthocephalan Physiology, page 25. From the entry acanthocephalan

Meaning of intestine

  1. noun The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
  2. noun One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.
  3. adjective Domestic; taking place within a given country or region.

Full definition of intestine

Questions about the plural of intestine

What is the plural of intestine?
The plural of intestine is intestines.
Is intestine countable?
Intestine is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: intestine (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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