small intestine

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Origin of small intestine

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First recorded in 1760–70

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How to use small intestine in a sentence

  • In catarrhal conditions of the small intestine bilirubin may be carried through unchanged.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
  • When the mucus is small in amount and intimately mixed with the stool, the trouble is probably in the small intestine.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
  • They inhabit the small intestine, usually in great numbers, and commonly produce a severe and often fatal anemia.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
  • This acid, on striking the lining of the small intestine, causes the formation in its walls of a substance known as secretin.

    A Civic Biology | George William Hunter
  • Most of the absorption, however, takes place through the walls of the small intestine.

    A Civic Biology | George William Hunter

British Dictionary definitions for small intestine

small intestine

noun
  1. the longest part of the alimentary canal, consisting of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, in which digestion is completed: Compare large intestine

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Scientific definitions for small intestine

small intestine

  1. The long, narrow, coiled section of the intestine that extends from the stomach to the beginning of the large intestine. Nutrients from food are absorbed into the bloodstream from the small intestine. In mammals, it is made up of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.

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Cultural definitions for small intestine

small intestine

The upper portion of the intestines, extending from the stomach to the large intestine, where the digestion of food takes place. The small intestine is about twenty feet long in adults.

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