How to Use large intestine in a Sentence

large intestine

noun

• The now solid stool leaves the large intestine and is stored in the rectum.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
• The colon and rectum make up the lower part of the digestive tract, or large intestine.
  — Anne Grauel, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 21 Mar. 2021
• The colon is the large intestine, which is a tube in the abdomen about 5 feet long that helps move solid stool from the small intestine to the rectum.
  — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 7 June 2018
• An anal hernia is when either the small or large intestines push through fascia and form a bulge in the area near your pelvic organs.
  — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 15 June 2023
• What goes on to enter the large intestine, or colon, is the slurried remnants of the food and digestive juices.
  — Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 24 June 2021
• According to the Mayo Clinic, a colonoscopy is an exam used to looked for changes in the large intestine (also called the colon) and the rectum.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022
• Most cases start as noncancerous polyps in the lining of the large intestine or the rectum.
  — Consumer Reports, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2018
• Her appendix, a thin tube that joins to the large intestine, needed to be removed right away.
  — Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Dec. 2021
• The procedure is to reconnect his small and large intestines.
  — Rafael Guerrero, Naperville Sun, 27 Dec. 2017
• Colonoscopy is the visualization of the large intestine with a tube called a colonoscope.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 4 May 2023
• Gas may also be caused by the breakdown of certain foods in the large intestine by bacteria.
  — Parents Editors, Parents, 23 June 2023
• It's estimated that about 12% of people in the US have this disorder of the large intestine.
  — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 5 May 2021
• Some strains of bacteria also remain in the large intestine around the bowel area.
  — Sakshi Udavant, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2021
• Once food reaches your large intestine, the water in the food gets absorbed—that's when the waste products, or anything left over, becomes stool.
  — Colleen Stinchcombe, Health.com, 8 Oct. 2021
• In the section of the gut where the large intestine connects to the small intestine, the walls were thickened and so swollen that the passage was completely closed off for four or five inches.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
• After passing through the stomach and small intestine, the food enters the large intestine.
  — Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 31 July 2022
• In fact, by most standards, the dexamethasone result hasn’t even made it all the way through science’s large intestine.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 24 June 2020
• The first surgery was cancelled due to infection, the second surgery was more evasive and required a portion of his large intestine to be removed.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2023
• What Is Colon Cancer? Colon cancer is a disease causing the cells in the large intestine (colon) to grow abnormally.
  — Taylyn Washington-Harmon, Health, 16 Dec. 2023
• Holmes was telling people that doctors had removed sixteen feet of his large intestine.
  — Mike Sager, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021
• God bless the bodies who can handle that, but even the thought of this is making my large intestine clench into fetal position.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 17 Feb. 2023
• This fibrous gel later gets broken down by bacteria in the large intestine, a process that ends up providing a small amount of calories, per the FDA.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 31 Mar. 2022
• Francis, 84, underwent three hours of surgery Sunday for what the Vatican said was a narrowing of the large intestine.
  — Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
• Doctors found a cancerous tumor in his large intestine and performed surgery to remove it.
  — Jessica Pressler, Daily Intelligencer, 15 May 2018
• At age 50, routine in-patient colonoscopy is recommended to inspect the large intestine with a special scope.
  — Dr. Yvette R. Cressey, idahostatesman, 19 Jan. 2018
• Surgeons removed half of Francis’ colon on July 4 for what doctors said was a severe narrowing of the large intestine.
  — Fox News, 12 July 2021
• Surgeons removed half of Francis' colon on July 4 for what doctors said was a severe narrowing of the large intestine.
  — Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 12 July 2021
• The pope underwent what the Vatican said was a prescheduled surgery Sunday to resolve a narrowing in his large intestine.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 5 July 2021
• Several days later doctors removed her colon and six feet of her large intestine and gave her an ostomy bag.
  — Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
• The brain, the heart, the large intestine, and the groin: By appealing to these four organs, the Four have entrenched their services, products, and operating systems deeply into our psyches.
  — Scott Galloway, Esquire, 8 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024