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The central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: small intestine
Borrowed from Latin iēiūnum, neuter of iēiūnus.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
صَائِم
(ṣāʔim)
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Bengali:
জেজুনাম
(jejunam)
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Catalan:
jejú
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Chinese Mandarin:
空腸 /空肠
(kōngcháng)
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Czech:
lačník
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Dutch:
nuchtere darm
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Finnish:
tyhjäsuoli
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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French:
jéjunum
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Galician:
xexuno
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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German:
Jejunum
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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German:
Leerdarm
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Greek:
νήστις
(nístis)
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Ancient Greek:
νῆστις
(nêstis)
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Hungarian:
éhbél
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Indonesian:
jejunum
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Indonesian:
usus kosong
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Irish:
aoineán
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Italian:
digiuno
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Japanese:
空腸
(kūchō)
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Korean:
공장
(gongjang)
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Northern Kurdish:
rûviya birçî
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Polish:
jelito czcze
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Portuguese:
jejuno
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Russian:
то́щая кишка́
(tóščaja kišká)
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Sicilian:
jijunu
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Spanish:
yeyuno
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Swedish:
jejunum
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Swedish:
tomtarm
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine
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Tagalog:
gitnang-isaw
— central of the three divisions of the small intestine