small intestine
small intestine noun: the upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.
Noun
small intestine (plural small intestines)
- The upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.
- Synonyms:
- small bowel
small intestine meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
small intestine in Tamil
- upper part of the intestine
- சிறுகுடல் ciṟukuṭal
small intestine in Bengali
- upper part of the intestine
- ক্ষুদ্রান্ত্র khudrantro
small intestine in Telugu
- upper part of the intestine
- చిన్న పేగు cinna pēgu
small intestine in Malayalam
- upper part of the intestine
- ചെറുകുടൽ ceṟukuṭal
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- small intestine in Kannada
- ಸಣ್ಣಕರುಳು
- small intestine in Punjabi
- ਨਿੱਕੀ ਆਂਦਰ nikkī āndar
- small intestine in Tagalog
- maliit na bituka, isaw, talistis, talitis
- small intestine in Arabic
- الْأَمْعَاء الدَّقِيقَة al-ʔamʕāʔ ad-daqīqa
- small intestine in Malay
- usus kecil
- small intestine in Indonesian
- usus halus
- small intestine in Thai
- ลำไส้เล็ก lam-sâi-lék
- small intestine in Vietnamese
- ruột non
- Dhivehi
- ކުޑަ ގޮހޮރު kuḍa gohoru
Synonyms of small intestine
Forms of small intestine
| plural | small intestines |
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Origin of small intestine
From small + intestine, perhaps a partial calque of Middle English smaltharm, smaleþarm, from Old English smælþearme (“lower gut, small intestine”, literally “small tharm”).
Words formed from small intestine
Questions about small intestine
- What does small intestine mean?
- Small intestine means the upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.
- What is small intestine in Tamil?
- Small intestine in Tamil is சிறுகுடல் (ciṟukuṭal). See Small intestine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is small intestine?
- Small intestine is a noun.
- What is the plural of small intestine?
- The plural of small intestine is small intestines.
Words near small intestine in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: small intestine (page history and authors); small intestine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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