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1. (n.) catgut
a strong cord made by twisting the dried intestines of animals, as sheep.
Etymology: (1590–1600)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) catgut, goat's rue, wild sweet pea, Tephrosia virginiana
perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
2. (noun) catgut, gut
a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) catgut
a cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, esp. of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, etc
2. (noun) catgut
a sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. catgut
Sterile collagen strands obtained from healthy mammals. They are used as absorbable surgical ligatures and are frequently impregnated with chromium or silver for increased strength. They tend to cause tissue reaction.
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Sense: a kind of cord made from the intestines of sheep etc, used for violin strings etc.
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 Afrikaans: dermsnaar |
 Arabic: وَتَرٌ مَصْنوعٌ مِنَ الأم |
 Bulgarian: (материал за) струни |
 Brazilian: corda de tripa |
 Czech: struna (vyrobená ze střev |
 German: die Darmseite |
 Danish: tarmstreng |
 Greek: χορδή |
 Spanish: cuerda de tripa |
 Estonian: kätgut |
 Farsi: زه؛ رودۀ تابیده |
 Finnish: katgutti |
 French: catgut |
 Hebrew: חוּט דַק |
 Hindi: वायलिन की तांत डोरी |
 Croatian: ketgut, struna |
 Hungarian: bélhúr |
 Indonesian: katgut |
 Icelandic: girni |
 Italian: minugia, catgut |
 Japanese: 腸線 |
 Korean: 장선(腸腺) |
 Lithuanian: žarninė styga |
 Latvian: ketguts |
 Malay: katgut |
 Dutch: catgut |
 Norwegian: tarmstreng |
 Polish: katgut, struna jelitowa |
 Persian: زه؛ رودۀ تابیده |
 Pashto: پړى، رسۍ، واښ يا واښكى: پ |
 Portuguese: categute |
 Romanian: catgut |
 Russian: кетгут |
 Slovak: struna (z ovčieho čreva n |
 Slovenian: struna, katgut |
 Serbian: žica crevara |
 Swedish: katgut, tarmsträng |
 Thai: เอ็นที่ทำจากไส้แกะใช้ในเค |
 Turkish: kiriş |
 Taiwanese: 以羊腸做成的線或弦 |
 Ukrainian: струна |
 Urdu: بھیڑ کی آنتوں سے بنائی ہو |
 Vietnamese: dây đàn vi lông |
 Chinese: （羊）肠线 |
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