small intestine
Meaning
The upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.
Synonyms
little gut
small bowel
intestinum tenue
Translations
intestin grêle
Dünndarm
intestino delgado
intestino tenue
intestí prim
dunne darm
λεπτό έντερο
ileón
intestin primEtymology
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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