# small intestine

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.

## Etymology
From small + intestine, perhaps a partial calque of Middle English smaltharm, smaleþarm, from Old English smælþearme (“lower gut, small intestine”, literally “small tharm”).

## Source
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