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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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Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: intestine, bowel, gut
Narrower terms: duodenum, jejunum, ileum
From small + intestine, perhaps a partial calque of Middle English smaltharm, smaleþarm, from Old English smælþearme (“lower gut, small intestine”, literally “small tharm”).
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
dunderm
— upper part of the intestine
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Arabic:
الْأَمْعَاء الدَّقِيقَة
(al-ʔamʕāʔ ad-daqīqa)
— upper part of the intestine
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Bengali:
ক্ষুদ্রান্ত্র
(khudrantro)
— upper part of the intestine
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Catalan:
intestí prim
— upper part of the intestine
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Chinese Mandarin:
小腸 /小肠
(xiǎocháng)
— upper part of the intestine
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Czech:
tenké střevo
— upper part of the intestine
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Danish:
tyndtarm
— upper part of the intestine
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Dhivehi:
ކުޑަ ގޮހޮރު
(kuḍa gohoru)
— upper part of the intestine
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Dutch:
dunne darm
— upper part of the intestine
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Finnish:
ohutsuoli
— upper part of the intestine
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French:
intestin grêle
— upper part of the intestine
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Galician:
intestino delgado
— upper part of the intestine
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German:
Dünndarm
— upper part of the intestine
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Greek:
λεπτό έντερο
(leptó éntero)
— upper part of the intestine
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Greenlandic:
inalugaq
— upper part of the intestine
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Hungarian:
vékonybél
— upper part of the intestine
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Indonesian:
usus halus
— upper part of the intestine
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Ingrian:
hoikkasooli
— upper part of the intestine
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Ingrian:
lappasooli
— upper part of the intestine
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Italian:
intestino tenue
— upper part of the intestine
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Japanese:
小腸
(shōchō)
— upper part of the intestine
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Khmer:
ពោះវៀនតូច
(pŭəh viən touc)
— upper part of the intestine
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Korean:
작은창자
(jageunchangja)
— upper part of the intestine
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Korean:
소장
(sojang)
— upper part of the intestine
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Northern Kurdish:
rûviya zirav
— upper part of the intestine
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Latin:
lactēs
— upper part of the intestine
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Macedonian:
тенко црево
(tenko crevo)
— upper part of the intestine
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Malay:
usus kecil
— upper part of the intestine
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Malayalam:
ചെറുകുടൽ
(ceṟukuṭal)
— upper part of the intestine
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Manchu:
ᠨᠠᡵᡥᡡᠨ ᡩᡠᡥᠠ
(narhūn duha)
— upper part of the intestine
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Māori:
kōpiro iti
— upper part of the intestine
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Māori:
kōpiro koromeke
— upper part of the intestine
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Navajo:
achʼííʼ dootłʼizhí
— upper part of the intestine
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tynntarm
— upper part of the intestine
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
tynntarm
— upper part of the intestine
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Polish:
jelito cienkie
— upper part of the intestine
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Portuguese:
intestino delgado
— upper part of the intestine
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Punjabi:
ਨਿੱਕੀ ਆਂਦਰ
(nikkī āndar)
— upper part of the intestine
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Rapa Nui:
kōkoma niro niro
— upper part of the intestine
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Romanian:
intestin subțire
— upper part of the intestine
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Russian:
то́нкая кишка́
(tónkaja kišká)
— upper part of the intestine
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Slovak:
tenké črevo
— upper part of the intestine
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Spanish:
intestino delgado
— upper part of the intestine
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Swahili:
uchango
— upper part of the intestine
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Swedish:
tunntarm
— upper part of the intestine
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Tagalog:
maliit na bituka
— upper part of the intestine
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Tagalog:
isaw
— upper part of the intestine
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Tagalog:
talistis
— upper part of the intestine
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Tagalog:
talitis
— upper part of the intestine
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Tamil:
சிறுகுடல்
(ciṟukuṭal)
— upper part of the intestine
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Telugu:
చిన్న పేగు
(cinna pēgu)
— upper part of the intestine
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Thai:
ลําไส้เล็ก
(lam-sâi-lék)
— upper part of the intestine
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Turkish:
ince bağırsak
— upper part of the intestine
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Ukrainian:
то́нкий кише́чник
(tónkyj kyšéčnyk)
— upper part of the intestine
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Vietnamese:
ruột non
— upper part of the intestine
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Volapük:
ninäm smalik
— upper part of the intestine
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Waigali:
satik
— upper part of the intestine
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Welsh:
coluddyn bach
— upper part of the intestine