small intestine
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
small intestine
▶noun the part of the intestine that runs between the stomach and the large intestine, consisting of the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum.
'small intestine' also found in these Oxford entries:
abomasum
- ancylostomiasis
- cholera
- chyle
- chyme
- chymotrypsin
- coeliac disease
- duodenum
- enteritis
- enteropathy
- enterostomy
- ileum
- jejunum
- lacteal
- malabsorption
- mesentery
- midgut
- pudding
- stomach
- trichina
- trypsin
- villus
