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What is a large intestine?

What is a large intestine? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) The second to last part of the digestive system, comprising the cecum and colon.
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Diarrhea may be the result of unabsorbed lithium in the large intestine pulling water into the lumen by osmotic pressure.
In other species, an expanded region of the first part of the large intestine, the caecum, serves a similar function.
The outer layer of the wall of the large intestine is weaker in some areas than in others.
The colon is the large intestine or lower bowel and sits in the abdomen, forming the last part of the digestive tract.
This condition depends upon the relatively much shorter extent of the teleost endgut compared with the human large intestine.
The appendix, a worm-like appendage of dubious usefulness, usually hangs straight down from the first portion of the large intestine, the cecum.

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