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Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett (oh)



(1836-1917) a British woman who became the first woman to be officially accepted as a doctor by the British Medical Association

large intestine (medicine)


large intestine
<anatomy> Also called the colon, this structure has 6 major divisions: caecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon and rectum.

The total length is approximately 5 feet in the adult and it is responsible for forming, storing and expelling waste matter.