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ileum
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What does ileum mean?
noun
- The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.
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"One observed," their report went on, about the end of the ileum some grains of a whitish appearance and rather stubbornly attached.
It was unable to put the left hind leg to the ground, and at the upper tuberosity of the ileum some crepitus could be distinguished.
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The ileum, 6, opens into the cecum, all of the bowel below the opening being cecum, the opening of the appendix, 3, is in the lower part of the cecum.
The woman recovered, but died five months later from a second attack of intussusception, the ileum rupturing and peritonitis ensuing.
Fractures of the neck of the ileum can be recognized by manipulating the part through the walls of the rectum or vagina.