LARGE INTESTINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does large intestine mean? 

• LARGE INTESTINE (noun)
  The noun LARGE INTESTINE has 1 sense:

1. beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces

  Familiarity information: LARGE INTESTINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LARGE INTESTINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("large intestine" is a kind of...):

bowel; gut; intestine (the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus)

Meronyms (parts of "large intestine"):

blind gut; caecum; cecum (the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens)

transverse colon (the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon)

ascending colon (the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon)

descending colon (the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon)

sigmoid colon; sigmoid flexure (the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum)

rectum (the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "large intestine"):

colon (the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted)

Holonyms ("large intestine" is a part of...):

alimentary canal; alimentary tract; digestive tract; digestive tube; gastrointestinal tract; GI tract (tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination)

 Context examples 

Cancer that forms in the tissues of the colon (the longest part of the large intestine).

(Colon cancer, NCI Dictionary)

Colonoscopy is a procedure that lets your doctor look inside your entire large intestine.

(Colonoscopy, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

It connects the small intestine to the colon, which is part of the large intestine.

(Cecum, NCI Dictionary)

Your colon, also known as the large intestine, is part of your digestive system.

(Colonic Diseases, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

An abnormal communication between the large intestine and another organ or cavity.

(Colonic Fistula, NCI Thesaurus)

Polyps can be removed when a doctor examines the inside of the large intestine during a colonoscopy.

(Colonic Polyps, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Diseases)

A disorder characterized by an abnormal communication between the large intestine and another organ or anatomic site.

(Colonic Fistula, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Constipation occurs when stool passes through the large intestine too slowly.

(Bowel Movement, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

The spread of cancer to the large intestine.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Large Intestine, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder that affects the small or large intestine and is non-neoplastic in nature.

(Non-Neoplastic Intestinal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)