ILEUM
\ɪlˈiːəm], \ɪlˈiːəm], \ɪ_l_ˈiː__ə_m]\
Definitions of ILEUM
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.
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The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.
By Noah Webster.
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The third portion of the small intestine, about 12 feet in length, extending from the junction with the jejunum to the ileocecal valve.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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