Synset

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

semantic pointers

part holonym

alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract

hypernym

gut, intestine, bowel

hyponym

part meronym

cecum, caecum, blind gut transverse colon ascending colon descending colon sigmoid colon, sigmoid flexure rectum