Ileum

Definition: Ileum

Ileum

Noun

1. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.

Domain	Definitions
Health	The lower end of the small intestine. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

In anatomy of the digestive system, the ileum is the final section of the small intestine. It is about 4m long in humans, follows the jejunum and is separated from the cecum by the iliocecal valve ( abbreviated as ICV).

Its function is to absorb vitamin B₁₂ and bile salts.

In the fetus the ileum is connected to the navel by a duct. In some humans this duct fails to close after birth and causes a condition called Meckel's diverticulum.

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Ileum eobneun yeoja (1984)

Nae ileum Sang Dali (1982)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		In this operation, the surgeon uses the ileum to create a pouch inside the lower abdomen. (references)
		The surgeon then attaches the ileum to the inside of the rectum and the anus, creating a pouch. (references)
		Biliary-pancreatic bypass includes a gastric restriction and diverts bile and pancreatic juice into the distal ileum. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Ileum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ileum" is used about 143 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	143	26,451

Expression using "ileum": arteria ileum. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "ileum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		çapok. (various references)

Chinese		回� . (various references)

Danish		ileum. (various references)

Dutch		ileum, kronkeldarm. (various references)

Farsi		معاء غلاظ (Colon), چم روده , روده دراز (Prolix). (various references)

French		iléon. (various references)

German		Intestinum ilium, Intestinum (intestine), Ileum, Krummdarm. (various references)

Greek		ειλεός (ileus, intestinal obstruction). (various references)

Hebrew		מעי עקום, מעי (bowel, gut, intestine). (various references)

Italian		ileo (ileus, intestinal obstruction). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		回腸 (the ileum). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かいちょう (chairman, euphony, excellent condition, gambling, harmony, melody, president, sea bird, the ileum, unity, unveiling a Buddhist image). (various references)

Pig Latin		ileumay.(various references)

Portuguese		íleo (ileus, intestinal obstruction). (various references)

Spanish		íleon. (various references)

Thai		ลำไส้เล็กส่วนปลายที่เปิ�"เข้าสู่ลำไส้ใหญ่. (various references)

Turkish		ince bağırsağın alt kısmı, kıvrımbağırsak. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "ileum": pileum. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ileum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alekum, Alemu, alium, Dilum, Eeelam, Iesum, ieu, Ijebu, ilam, ilem, Ileo, ileu, Ilhu, Ilim, iliums, illau, Illeana, illeum, illium, Illom, illum, ilum, ineum, inleu, Liqun, litum, Milium, Oilatum, oleum, Picenum, silium, tilleul. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-i-l-m-u"
	-1 letter: lieu, lime, mile, mule.
	-2 letters: elm, emu, lei, leu, lie, lum, mel, mil.
	-3 letters: el, em, li, me, mi, mu, um.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-l-m-u"
	+1 letter: helium, illume, milieu, muesli, pileum, telium.
	+2 letters: alumine, eluvium, fulmine, gumlike, heliums, illumed, illumes, impulse, legumin, lumpier, miauled, milieus, milieux, misrule, mouille, mueslis, muhlies, mullein, mullite, plumier, sublime.
	+3 letters: alumines, bdellium, clumpier, clumsier, coliseum, delirium, demilune, displume, drumlier, drumlike, dulcimer, eluviums, emulsify, emulsion, emulsive, emulsoid, eulogium, fulmined, fulmines, fumelike, glumpier, haulmier, illumine, impulsed, impulses, impurely, legumins, lemurine, lemuroid, leucemia, leucemic, leukemia, leukemic, limbuses, linoleum, litmuses, lumpiest, lutecium, lutetium, malemiut, merciful, minutely, miquelet, misruled, misrules, misvalue, mouldier, mucilage, mudslide, mulleins, mullites, multiage, multijet, multiped, multiple, multiuse, musicale, mutilate, mycelium, nobelium, outsmile, peculium, plumeria, plumiest, plumiped, plumlike, plummier, pumplike, qualmier, relumine, reluming, rumplier, scumlike, sedilium, selenium, simulate, slummier, splenium, sublimed, sublimer, sublimes, tumpline, ultimate, unfilmed, unlimber, unmilled, unmingle, untimely, velarium, vexillum.
	+4 letters: aluminate, aluminize, amplitude, bdelliums, berkelium, beryllium, calumnies, clitellum, clumpiest, clumsiest, coliseums, collegium, columbine, columbite, crumblier, crumplier, culminate, deliriums, demilunes, dentalium, depluming, displumed, displumes, drumliest, dulcimers, dulcimore, effluvium, emulating, emulation, emulative, emulsions, emulsoids, equimolar, eulogiums, feudalism, formulize, fulminate, gelsemium, gemutlich, glomeruli, glumpiest, glutamine, guildsmen, guillemet, guillemot, haulmiest, homebuilt, humanlike, humiliate, illumined, illumines, immutable, impulsive, imputable, lemniscus, lemuroids, leucemias, leukaemia, leukemias, leukemics, leukemoid, limousine, linoleums, lumbering, luminaire, luminance, luminesce, lumpiness, lunchtime, luteciums, lutetiums, malemiuts, masculine, melodious, mercurial, miniscule, minuscule, miquelets, misvalued, misvalues, mouldiest, mouthlike, mucilages, mudslides, mullioned, multicell, multigerm, multihued, multilane, multiline, multimode, multipage, multipeds, multiples, multiplet, multiplex, multipole, multisite, multisize, multistep, multitone, multitude, multiuser, multiyear, musicales, mutilated, mutilates, mutualize, nobeliums, numerical, outsmiled, outsmiles, penultima, plumerias, plumipeds, plummiest, puerilism, pummeling, qualmiest, quicklime, relumined, relumines, remindful, reptilium, reticulum, rumpliest, seleniums, semifluid, semilunar, semirural, sensillum, simulacre, simulated, simulates, slummiest, stimulate, sublimate, sublimely, sublimers, sublimest, tellurium, timeously, tularemia, tularemic, tumorlike, tumplines, turmoiled, ultimated, ultimates, unamiable, unclaimed, unhelming, unlimbers, unlimited, unmanlier, unmingled, unmingles, unmixable, upclimbed.
	+5 letters: aluminates, aluminized, aluminizes, ambisexual, amplitudes, animalcule, automobile, bejumbling, bemuddling, bemuzzling, berkeliums, berylliums, buttermilk, calumniate, circumflex, clumsiness, collegiums, columbines, columbites, compulsive, councilmen, crumbliest, crumpliest, culminated, culminates, cumulative, delphinium, dentaliums, dulcimores, duodecimal, ecumenical, effluviums, empurpling, emulations, emulsified, emulsifier, emulsifies, emulsoidal, epithelium, feudalisms, flummeries, formulized, formulizes, fulminated, fulminates, gelsemiums, glamourize, glutamines, guillemets, guillemots, humiliated, humiliates, humilities, illuminate, immaculate, immaturely, impudently, impugnable, inhumanely, intermural, lambrequin, lawrencium, leguminous, leukaemias, limousines, luminaires, luminances, luminaries, luminesced, luminesces, lumpfishes, lunchtimes, manipulate, maquillage, masculines, meaningful, mercifully, mercurials, meticulous, microluces, microluxes, millefleur, millennium, millicurie, milliluces, milliluxes, miniscules, minuscules, mouldering, mousseline, mudslinger, mulberries, muliebrity, mulishness, multiarmed, multicurie, multigenic, multigrade, multilayer, multilevel, multilobed, multimedia, multipaned, multiphase, multipiece, multiplets, multiplied, multiplier, multiplies, multipower, multirange, multisense, multisided, multispeed, multistage, multistate, multitudes, musicalise, musicalize, mutualized, mutualizes, neurilemma, neutralism, outclimbed, parimutuel, penultimas, plumberies, plummeting, plumpening, polemonium, psalterium, puerilisms, pummelling, quicklimes, relumining, replumbing, rudimental, sclerotium, secularism, semiannual, semifeudal, semifluids, semiliquid, semipublic, sensualism, similitude, simulacres, simulative, slumbering, stimulated, stimulates, sublimable, sublimated, sublimates, summerlike, surrealism, telluriums, thimbleful, tourmaline, tularemias, ultimacies, ultimately, umbellifer, umbilicate, unicameral, unlimbered, unmanliest, unmerciful, unseemlier, untimelier, ureotelism, vermicular, volumetric.
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