Sentence:  The small and <WSD>large</WSD> intestines were filled with gas , and the jejunum was dilated to about 2 times its normal circumference . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces