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The word "entrail" has often been employed in literature to evoke vivid, almost visceral imagery of the inner workings of the human body, lending a tactile and sometimes humorous edge to descriptions of bodily change. For instance, in François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel, the term is used in a striking and exaggerated manner when the narrator observes that "my very right entrail seemeth to be widened and enlarged, which was but just now hard-bound, contracted, and costive" [1]. This usage highlights not only a physical transformation but also imbues the narrative with a sense of grotesque comedy, characteristic of Rabelais' style. By anatomizing the body's internal state, authors like Rabelais utilize "entrail" to blur the boundaries between the literal and the metaphorical, inviting readers to reflect on the fluidity of both physical and metaphorical inner life.
  1. At the very motioning thereof my very right entrail seemeth to be widened and enlarged, which was but just now hard-bound, contracted, and costive.
    — from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

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