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entrails

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

en·trails

noun pl \ˈen-ˌtrālz, -trəlz\

Definition of ENTRAILS

1
: bowels, viscera; broadly : internal parts
2
: the inner workings of something <the entrails of the movie industry>

Examples of ENTRAILS

  1. <in ancient Rome predictions of future events would sometimes be based on an examination of the entrails of a sacrificial animal>

Origin of ENTRAILS

Middle English entrailles, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin intralia, alteration of Latin interanea, plural of interaneum intestine, from neuter of interaneus interior
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Anatomy Terms

bilateral symmetry, carotid, cartilage, dorsal, prehensile, renal, solar plexus, supine, thoracic, ventral

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