entrails

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

Rhymes with ENTRAILS

Marseilles