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intestines

noun as in entrails

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While the human body contains roughly 30 to 40 trillion human cells, the intestines alone harbor about 100 trillion bacterial cells.

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A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand swallowed up to 100 high-power magnets he bought on Temu, forcing surgeons to remove tissue from his intestines, doctors said on Friday.

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The liver generates more than 100 types of bile acids, which travel through the intestines to help digest fats.

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The rod-shaped bacterium is found in the intestines of humans and animals, and you might be more familiar with it as an unpleasant bug that can make us ill.

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The vet that Alan took Smokey to initially found nothing abnormal, but when his condition deteriorated, scans revealed a blockage in his intestines.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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