SMALL INTESTINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does small intestine mean? 

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

1. the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMALL INTESTINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "small intestine"):

arteria ileum; ileal artery; intestinal artery (branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the ileum)

intestinal artery; jejunal artery (an artery that is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the jejunum)

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

duodenum (the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum)

jejunum (the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum)

ileum (the part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum)

Holonyms ("small 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 

It is expressed in lung, ovary and small intestine.

(Bone Morphogenetic Protein 3, NCI Thesaurus)

A mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma that arises from the small intestine and it is associated with Campylobacter jejuni infection.

(Campylobacter Jejuni-Associated Small Intestinal Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder affecting the small intestine.

(Blind Loop Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Removal of tissue from the small intestine for microscopic examination, using an endoscope.

(Biopsy of Small Intestine, NCI Thesaurus)

They carry the bile to your small intestine.

(Bile Duct Cancer, NIH)

The system that transports bile from the hepatocytes in the liver to the small intestine.

(Biliary tract, NCI Thesaurus)

The spread of cancer to the small intestine.

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

A carcinoma that arises from the small intestine and it has metastasized to other anatomic sites.

(Metastatic Small Intestinal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be given through a small tube that is inserted through the nose into the stomach or the small intestine.

(PediaSure, NCI Dictionary)

A cancer that forms near the ampulla of Vater (an enlargement of the ducts from the liver and pancreas where they join and enter the small intestine).

(Periampullary Adenocarcinoma, NCI Dictionary)