ileum

English

Etymology

Via Medieval Latin from Latin ilia.

Noun

ileum (plural ilea)

1. (anatomy) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ileal
• ileitis
• ileography

• ileostomy
• ileotomy
• ileus

Translations

last division of small intestine

• Arabic: اللَفَائِفِيّ m (al-lafāʔifiyy)
• Bengali: ইলেয়াম (ileẏam)
• Catalan: ili (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 回腸／回肠 (zh) (huícháng), 回肠 (zh) (huícháng)

• Czech: ileum n
• Dutch: kronkeldarm (nl) m, ileum n
• Finnish: sykkyräsuoli (fi)
• French: iléon (fr)
• Greek: ειλεός (el) m (eileós)
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• Hungarian: csípőbél (hu)
• Irish: caolán beag m, iléam m
• Japanese: 回腸 (かいちょう, kaichō)
• Korean: 회장 (ko) (hoejang) (回腸 (ko))
• Maori: kōpiro iti, kōpiro koromeke
• Polish: jelito kręte n
• Portuguese: íleo (pt) m
• Russian: подвздошная кишка́ f (podvzdošnaja kišká)
• Spanish: íleon (es) m
• Tagalog: dulong-isaw

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Czech

Noun

ileum n

1. ileum (the last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine)