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Large intestine

noun

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.

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"Large intestine" Quotes from Famous Books

... will now call by its proper scientific name—the intestinal canal; and it is by that movement the food is carried forward from the first moment it leaves the mouth, and helped through all its journeyings, till it reaches the termination of the large intestine. ...

— The History of a Mouthful of Bread - And its effect on the organization of men and animals • Jean Mace

... constipation. There is a condition of the bowel, in which we find its wall coated with hard fecal matter. The size of the bowel may be dilated as a consequence. This condition may occupy part, or most, of the entire length of the large intestine. In the middle of this hard mass there is a small channel through which semi-liquid matter passes. When the bowel moves, it is this semi-liquid matter that passes out, and this constitutes the daily movement. We have consequently a condition ...

— The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) - A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies • W. Grant Hague

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