large intestine

Noun large intestine has 1 sense

• large intestine(n = noun.body) Array - 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; Array
is a part of alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, gi tract
is a kind of bowel, gut, intestine
has particulars: colon
has parts: blind gut, caecum, cecum, transverse colon, ascending colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, sigmoid flexure, rectum