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Definition of small intestine
: the narrow part of the intestine that lies between the stomach and colon, consists of duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, secretes digestive enzymes, and is the chief site of the digestion of food into small molecules which are absorbed into the body
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Recent Examples on the Web In January, Evans had his right kidney and parts of his pancreas and small intestine removed because of cancer.
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Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, "Tennessee Titans teammates support UAB’s first NFL player in cancer fight," 27 June 2020 The coronavirus infects cells that line the inside of the large and small intestine, called gut enterocytes.
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Sharon Begley, STAT, "Watch: From nose to toe, the Covid-19 virus attacks like no other ‘respiratory’ infection," 26 June 2020 What was once contained to his right kidney has moved on to his liver, the lining of his small intestines and even an artery in his leg.
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Nick Talbot, ExpressNews.com, "Talbot: Despite prognosis, Bryce Wisdom stays strong," 15 May 2020 The first bullet damaged his small intestine and bladder, and the second one entered his buttocks and lodged near a sciatic nerve, his lawyers say.
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CBS News, "Chicago police release extended videos of officer shooting unarmed subway rider in the back," 28 Apr. 2020 Now they've been used to show which cells within the small intestine can be infected by the virus.
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, "May 11 Coronavirus roundup: Symptoms, therapies, and policy confusion," 11 May 2020 View Sample Sign Up Now Instead, the sugar and other components of fruit quickly move farther down the small intestine to the jejunum and ileum.
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Markham Heid, Time, "Is It Possible To Eat Too Much Fruit?," 6 June 2018 As people ingest food, the body’s normal response is to secrete bile into the small intestine.
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Houston Chronicle, "Betrayed by bile: bile acids help norovirus sneak into cells," 3 Jan. 2020 Once swallowed by an unsuspecting piglet, the pathogen would travel to the gut and infect and destroy the finger-like nutrient-absorbing projections called villi on the walls of the small intestine.
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Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, "A Coronavirus Spread Through U.S. Pigs in 2013. Here’s How It Was Stopped," 10 Apr. 2020
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