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large intestine

noun

  1. the part of the alimentary canal consisting of the caecum, colon, and rectum. It extracts moisture from food residues, which are later excreted as faeces Compare small intestine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


large intestine

  1. The wide lower section of the intestine that extends from the end of the small intestine to the anus. The large intestine acts mainly to absorb water from digested materials and solidify feces. In most vertebrate animals, it includes the cecum, colon, and rectum.


large intestine

  1. The lower portion of the intestines , which receives a soupy mixture of digested food from the small intestine , reabsorbs most of the fluids , and then passes the resulting solid substance ( feces ) out of the body through the anus . The large intestine is divided into the cecum, colon , and rectum .


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Simple constipation and diseases of the large intestine alone do not increase the amount of indican.

Larger amounts, not well mixed with fecal matter, indicate inflammation of the large intestine.

It lives in the large intestine, especially the cecum, with its slender extremity embedded in the mucous membrane.

Rectum, rek′tum, n. the lowest part of the large intestine:—pl.

Sometimes there are anatomical reasons, as the capacity of the large intestine.

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