الأَمْعَاءُ
Root: معى
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الأَمْعَاءُ
i. q.
الأَقْصَابُ; (AO: see voce قِتْبٌ;) the guts; i. e. bowels, or intestines, into which the food passes from the stomach:
الحَشَا is the name of all the places of the food; and in the belly are the أَعْفَاج and the أَقْتَاب, to which the food passes after the stomach, and these are the lower امعاء; and all these are called the قُصْب: the حَوَايَا are all the امعاء that wind, or take a coiled, or circular, form.
2 أَمْعَآءُ: see a tropical signification of this pl. voce حَوِيَّةُ.
2 أَمْعَآءُ: see a tropical signification of this pl. voce حَوِيَّةُ.
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