small intestine

Significado (Inglés)

The upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.

Etimología (Inglés)

From small + intestine, perhaps a partial calque of Middle English smaltharm, smaleþarm, from Old English smælþearme (“lower gut, small intestine”, literally “small tharm”).

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