small intestine
noun
small intestines
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pluralof small intestine.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Davis was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2014, and previously said his cancer was in remission after doctors removed his big and small intestines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
Microvilli greatly increase the efficiency of nutrient uptake in the small intestines.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Americans braved polling places in masks and gloves, hand-delivered mail ballots just in case, waited in lines that zagged and folded over themselves across whole neighborhoods — a kind of small intestines of democracy.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2020
The buildup can occur in certain organs like the liver, kidney and small intestines.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2016
It was hard to imagine that the delicious sausages I’d had just the day before were encased in the small intestines of a pig.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
