ग्रहणि

{ grahaṇiḥ }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   grahaṇi f S Diarrhœa or dysentery. 2 The three smaller intestines, duodenum, ilium, jejunum.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

ग्रहणि  f.  f. = °णी, [Uṇ.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ग्रहणिः [grahaṇiḥ] णी [ṇī]    णी f.
   An imaginary organ supposed to lie between the stomach and the intestines.
   The small intestine or that part of the alimentary canal where the bile assists digestion and from which vital warmth is diffused.
   Diarrhœa, dysentery. -Comp.
-कपाटः   a kind of mixture (for curing diarrhœa &c.).
-हरम्   cloves.

Shabda-Sagara

ग्रहणि  f.  ( -णिः)
   1. Diarrhœa, dysentery.
   2. The vessels diffusing vital warmth.
   3. The small intestines, that part of the alimentary canal where the bile assists digestion.
    E. ग्रह् to seize, अनि Unadi affix; also

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ग्रह् अनि

   with ङीप् added ग्रहणी.