gut

Object

• bacterium: Were such genes at all likely to be transferred to gut bacteria and, if so, did it matter?

Converse of object

• bust: Without busting a gut we quite quickly closed up on the van.
• rip: I've had nothing off this state except the NHS and they're ripping the guts out of that.
• infect: See also screen design, scouring velocity Tapeworms Parasites that infect the gut of the fish.

Subject

• fire: The woman's bedroom, sure enough, had been gutted by fire.

Adjective modifier

• leaky: It may also help those with the ' leaky gut ' syndrome.
• hind: It is the passing of undigested starch on to the hind gut which causes the main problems.
• sheer: Whether a miracle or sheer guts I don't know.
• twisted: There are many causes, ranging from simple indigestion to a twisted gut.

Modifies a noun

• instinct: My gut instinct is that God is the Word, whether made flesh or made into a bible.
• microflora: Dr. Kieran Tuohy has been developing his expertise in the study of gut microflora and their role in metabolism.
• motility: Opioids and metoclopramide have both central and local actions on gut motility.
• flora: These bacteria are often also referred to as the ' gut flora ' .
• lumen: Further problems result from the impaired permeability barrier, since nutrients can leak from blood and tissue out into the gut lumen.
• feeling: My gut feeling is to rent a city center flat for a year or two.

Noun used with modifier

• mir: Mareike Herda Ja, die Arbeit gefällt mir gut, aber ich mag nicht in Berlin wohnen.
• beer: Not what you would call athletic, perhaps, but no beer gut to speak of.

Preposition: of

• larva: The reported finding that pollen can transfer transgenic DNA to bacteria in the gut of bee larvae is relevant here.

Preposition: for

• garter: Just make sure it's no later than next Thursday, else McTavish will have my guts for garters, do you see?

Preposition: by

• fire: The woman's bedroom, sure enough, had been gutted by fire.