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(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.
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Belonging to or involving the abomasum.
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(medicine) Cavity; fossa.
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(anatomy) The organs of a human or an animal through which food passes; the digestive tract.
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(medicine) A break or tear in the skin of the anal canal, resulting in bleeding and occasionally pain on defecation.
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(anatomy) A part of the colon between the cecum and the transverse colon.
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(anatomy) The caecum of the intestines.
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(chiefly medicine) A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
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(anatomy) A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
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(medicine) Alternative form of scaphoid abdomen [(medicine) A condition where the abdomen's anterior wall is sunken and hollow.]
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The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
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Alternative form of caecum [(anatomy) A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.]
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(anatomy) Relating to the colon and the caecum
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(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)
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Alternative spelling of caecum [(anatomy) A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.]
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(anatomy) A smooth muscle in the wall of the bladder that relaxes to allow urine to be stored and contracts to expel it; often used attributively.
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(anatomy) A system of organs for the purpose of digesting food.
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(anatomy) The first part of the small intestine, starting at the lower end of the stomach and extending to the jejunum.
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(anatomy) The system through which digestive waste is removed from the body.
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(chiefly Britain) A bezoar.
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(anatomy) relating to the esophagus and the jejunum
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(anatomy) Discovered (reputedly) by Fallopius (mainly as in Fallopian tube).
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(biology, anatomy, medicine) The developed counterpart in the adult: the proximal part of the alimentary canal, which in humans runs from the mouth to the first half of the duodenum, up to the ampulla of Vater.
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(anatomy, rare) The stomach.
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Alternative form of gastraeum [(zoology) The whole undersurface of an animal.]
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(informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged
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Obsolete form of gut. [The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.]
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(anatomy) Any of the small pouches of the colon caused by sacculation, giving the colon its segmented appearance.
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(biology, anatomy, medicine) The developed counterpart in the adult: the most distal part of the alimentary canal, which in humans is generally defined as comprising the distal third of the transverse colon, the splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and anorectal junction.
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(anatomy) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.
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(anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
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Having the shape of an intestine
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(medicine) The part that receives the prolapsed part during an intussusception.
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(anatomy) Alternative spelling of jejunum [(anatomy) The central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum]
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(anatomy) The central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum
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(anatomy) Synonym of large intestine
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(anatomy) The second to last part of the digestive system, comprising the cecum, colon and rectum.
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(anatomy) A recess in the peritoneum inferior to the liver, to the right of the kidney and extending inferiorly to the transverse mesocolon.
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Congenital problem where the rectus abdominus muscle is too short.
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Relating to the mouth, stomach and duodenum
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(anatomy) The line that divides the upper two thirds of the anal canal from the lower third. Developmentally, it represents the hindgut-proctodeum junction.
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(medicine) Condition where the abnormally relaxed anterior wall of the abdomen hangs over the pubis.
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Of or relating to the prostate gland.
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(anatomy) A pouch that extends along the wall of the intestine from a tumour of smooth muscle
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Involving the rectum and sphincter.
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(anatomy) Synonym of small intestine
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(anatomy) The upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.
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An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
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(anatomy) The portion of the gut beyond the anus.
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(anatomy) An organ consisting of a blind tube projecting from the caecum. Of disputed function (if any), it is known for inflammation in humans.
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(anatomy, specifically) The intestines.
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