九きゅう腸ちょう

noun

intestines; guts

Rare term for the intestines as a whole; more common words are 腸 (ちょう) or 腸全体. May appear in older or literary texts.

• 古ふるい医い学がく書しょには「九きゅう腸ちょう」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  The expression '九腸' can be found in old medical books.