Nutrients are absorbed through the wall of the ileum.
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Ileum
Synonyms for "ileum"
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27 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اللَفَائِفِيّ noun (last division of small intestine)
Bengali
1 entries- ইলেয়াম noun (last division of small intestine)
Catalan
2 entries- ili noun (last division of small intestine)
- íleum noun (last division of small intestine)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 回腸 /回肠 noun (last division of small intestine)
Czech
1 entries- ileum noun (last division of small intestine)
Dutch
2 entries- ileum noun (last division of small intestine)
- kronkeldarm noun (last division of small intestine)
Finnish
1 entries- sykkyräsuoli noun (last division of small intestine)
French
2 entries- ilion noun (last division of small intestine)
- iléon noun (last division of small intestine)
Greek
1 entries- ειλεός noun (last division of small intestine)
Hungarian
1 entries- csípőbél noun (last division of small intestine)
Irish
2 entries- caolán beag noun (last division of small intestine)
- iléam noun (last division of small intestine)
Japanese
1 entries- 回腸 noun (last division of small intestine)
Korean
1 entries- 회장 noun (last division of small intestine)
Māori
3 entries- kōpiro iti noun (last division of small intestine)
- kōpiro koromeke noun (last division of small intestine)
- piropiko noun (last division of small intestine)
Polish
1 entries- jelito kręte noun (last division of small intestine)
Portuguese
1 entries- íleo noun (last division of small intestine)
Russian
1 entries- подвздошная кишка́ noun (last division of small intestine)
Spanish
1 entries- íleon noun (last division of small intestine)
Swedish
2 entries- ileum noun (last division of small intestine)
- krumtarm noun (last division of small intestine)
Tagalog
1 entries- dulong-isaw noun (last division of small intestine)
Sample sentences
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The operation moves the ileum closer to the pancreas, the organ that makes the insulin we need to process sugar into energy. A digestive hormone in the transposed intestine stimulates the pancreas to secrete more insulin, so diabetics don't need to take it artificially. Ileum transposition also corrects insulin resistance in Type 2 diabetics, according to Erik Wilson, who performs bariatric surgery at the University of Texas Houston.
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