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noun
The central loop of the alimentary canal of an embryo between the foregut and the hindgut, in humans and some other animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, biology, embryology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
The developed counterpart in the adult: the intermediate part of the alimentary canal, which in humans runs from the second half of the duodenum through the proximal two-thirds of the transverse colon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-? Proto-Indo-European *-dhe Proto-Indo-European *médhi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médhyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English gut English midgut From mid- + gut.
