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large intestine
the lower part of the intestinal tract, which starts just below the ileum and is about 1.5 meters long. Here the liquid waste from the small intestine is formed into more or less solid feces for discharge through the rectum. The parts of the large intestine are the cecum, the colon (with ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid parts), and the rectum.

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