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large intestine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The second to last part of the digestive system, comprising the cecum, colon and rectum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: intestine, bowel, gut

Narrower terms: colon

History

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Across languages

Translations

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: dikderm — bodily organ
  • Ahtna: iʼtsazes — bodily organ
  • Albanian: zorrë e trashë — bodily organ
  • Arabic: أَمْعَاء غَلِيظَة (ʔamʕāʔ ḡalīẓa) — bodily organ
  • Arabic: مِعًى غَلِيظ (miʕan ḡalīẓ) — bodily organ
  • Armenian: հաստ աղիք (hast aġikʻ) — bodily organ
  • Azerbaijani: yoğun bağırsaq — bodily organ
  • Basque: heste lodi — bodily organ
  • Belarusian: то́ўстая кі́шка (tówstaja kíška) — bodily organ
  • Bengali: বৃহদান্ত্র (brihodantro) — bodily organ
  • Bhojpuri: बड़की आंत (baṛəkī ānt) — bodily organ
  • Bulgarian: дебе́ло черво́ (debélo červó) — bodily organ
  • Burmese: အူမကြီး (uma.kri:) — bodily organ
  • Catalan: intestí gros — bodily organ
  • Chinese Cantonese: 大腸 /大肠 — bodily organ
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 大腸 /大肠 (dâi-diòng) — bodily organ
  • Hakka Chinese: 大腸 /大肠 (thai-chhòng) — bodily organ
  • Chinese: 大腸 /大肠 (tōa-tn̂g) — bodily organ
  • Jin Chinese: 大腸 /大肠 (da3 con1) — bodily organ
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大腸 /大肠 (dàcháng) — bodily organ
  • Wu Chinese: 大腸 /大肠 — bodily organ
  • Czech: tlusté střevo — bodily organ
  • Danish: tyktarm — bodily organ
  • Dhivehi: ބޮޑު ގޮހޮރު (boḍu gohoru) — bodily organ
  • Dutch: dikke darm — bodily organ
  • Estonian: jämesool — bodily organ
  • Finnish: paksusuoli — bodily organ
  • French: gros intestin — bodily organ
  • Galician: intestino groso — bodily organ
  • Georgian: მსხვილი ნაწლავი (msxvili nac̣lavi) — bodily organ
  • German: Dickdarm — bodily organ
  • Greek: παχύ έντερο (pachý éntero) — bodily organ
  • Ancient Greek: παχὺ ἔντερον (pakhù énteron) — bodily organ
  • Hebrew: הַמְּעִי הַגַּס — bodily organ
  • Hindi: बृहदान्त्र (bŕhdāntra) — bodily organ
  • Hindi: बड़ी आँत (baṛī ā̃t) — bodily organ
  • Hungarian: vastagbél — bodily organ
  • Icelandic: stórþarmar — bodily organ
  • Icelandic: ristill — bodily organ
  • Indonesian: usus besar — bodily organ
  • Ingrian: paksusooli — bodily organ
  • Irish: putóg mhór — bodily organ
  • Italian: intestino crasso — bodily organ
  • Japanese: 大腸 (daichō) — bodily organ
  • Kalmyk: һолһа (ğolğa) — bodily organ
  • Kazakh: жуан ішек (juan ışek) — bodily organ
  • Kazakh: тоқ ішек (toq ışek) — bodily organ
  • Khmer: ពោះវៀនធំ (pŭəh viən thom) — bodily organ
  • Korean: 대장 (daejang) — bodily organ
  • Korean: 큰창자 (keunchangja) — bodily organ
  • Korean: 굵은밸 (gulgeunbael) — bodily organ
  • Northern Kurdish: rûviya stûr — bodily organ
  • Kyrgyz: жоон ичеги (joon icegi) — bodily organ
  • Lao: ລໍາໄສ້ໃຫຍ່ (lam sai h) — bodily organ
  • Latin: crassundia — bodily organ
  • Latin: longao — bodily organ
  • Latvian: resnā zarna — bodily organ
  • Lithuanian: gaubtinė žarna — bodily organ
  • Macedonian: дебело црево (debelo crevo) — bodily organ
  • Malay: usus besar — bodily organ
  • Malayalam: വൻകുടൽ (vaṉkuṭal) — bodily organ
  • Manchu: ᠮᡠᠸᠠ ᡩᡠᡥᠠ (muwa duha) — bodily organ
  • Māori: kōpiro nui — bodily organ
  • Mongolian: бүдүүн гэдэс (büdüün gedes) — bodily organ
  • Navajo: achʼíídííl — bodily organ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tykktarm — bodily organ
  • Iranian Persian: رودِهٔ بُزُرْگ (rude-ye bozorg) — bodily organ
  • Iranian Persian: فَراخرودِه (farâx-rude) — bodily organ
  • Polish: jelito grube — bodily organ
  • Portuguese: intestino grosso — bodily organ
  • Punjabi: ਵੱਡੀ ਆਂਦਰ (vaḍḍī āndar) — bodily organ
  • Rapa Nui: kōkoma nui nui — bodily organ
  • Romanian: intestin gros — bodily organ
  • Russian: то́лстая кишка́ (tólstaja kišká) — bodily organ
  • Serbo-Croatian: дебело црево — bodily organ
  • Serbo-Croatian: дебело цријево — bodily organ
  • Serbo-Croatian: debelo crevo — bodily organ
  • Serbo-Croatian: debelo crijevo — bodily organ
  • Slovak: hrubé črevo — bodily organ
  • Slovene: debelo črevo — bodily organ
  • Spanish: intestino grueso — bodily organ
  • Swahili: utumbo mpana — bodily organ
  • Swedish: tjocktarm — bodily organ
  • Swedish: grovtarm — bodily organ
  • Tagalog: malaking bituka — bodily organ
  • Tajik: ғафсрӯда (ġafsrüda) — bodily organ
  • Tajik: рӯдаи бузург (rüda-yi buzurg) — bodily organ
  • Tamil: பெருங்குடல் (peruṅkuṭal) — bodily organ
  • Tatar: юан эчәк (yuwan eçäk) — bodily organ
  • Telugu: పెద్ద పేగు (pedda pēgu) — bodily organ
  • Thai: ลําไส้ใหญ่ (lam-sâi-yài) — bodily organ
  • Turkish: kalın bağırsak — bodily organ
  • Turkmen: ýogyn içege — bodily organ
  • Ukrainian: товста́ ки́шка (tovstá kýška) — bodily organ
  • Urdu: بَڑی آنْت (baṛī ānt) — bodily organ
  • Uyghur: چوڭ ئۈچەي (chong üchey) — bodily organ
  • Uyghur: توق ئۈچەي (toq üchey) — bodily organ
  • Uzbek: yoʻgʻon ichak — bodily organ
  • Vietnamese: ruột già — bodily organ
  • Vietnamese: đại tràng — bodily organ
  • Volapük: ninäm gretik — bodily organ
  • Welsh: coluddyn mawr — bodily organ