Resembling or having characteristics similar to a gut or the gastrointestinal system.
From 'gut' (from Old English 'gut,' related to 'pour' or 'flow') plus '-like' (resembling). Describes things that look or function like the digestive tract.
Medieval anatomists used 'gut' to describe intestines because Old English speakers thought of them as channels for things flowing through—the word's original meaning was almost about the function, not the organ.
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