noun
the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed (Freq. 2)
• Part Holonyms: ↑alimentary canal, ↑alimentary tract, ↑digestive tube, ↑digestive tract, ↑gastrointestinal tract, ↑GI tract
• Part Meronyms: ↑ileal artery, ↑intestinal artery, ↑arteria ileum, ↑jejunal artery
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noun, pl ⋯ -tines [count]
: the long, narrow upper part of the intestine in which food is digested after it leaves the stomach — compare ↑large intestine
Useful english dictionary. 2012.