colon
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈkoʊlən/
- Specialized
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colon
- And his grandmother had colon cancer, and his great-aunt had a hysterectomy when she was 67.
- colon cancer
- colon and rectum
- colon cancer survival
The prostate is right by the end of the colon.
- The prostate is right by the end of the colon.
- Does meat really rot in human colons?
- That's the process of by which you you absorb your food through your colon.
- This organ here is your colon.
- So for example, in colorectal cancer, the T staging determines the depth in the colon wall that it went.
- How is that possible if even just a little bit of red meat is so damn bad for your colon and your microbiome?
- They have focused in the colon that they coupled to nerve fibers of the spinal cord.
- There is no proof that eating red meat increases your risk of colon cancer.
- The magnesium, the potassium and the fiber make it a great food for naturally cleansing your colon.
- So arthritis means inflammation of your joints, colitis means inflammation of your colon.
- And my father was diagnosed with colon cancer two years ago.
- So breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, etcetera.
- And then certain foods that are more moistening to the colon tend to be very good.
Examples
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And he said, I just had most of my colon removed.
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And then certain foods that are more moistening to the colon tend to be very good.
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And my father was diagnosed with colon cancer two years ago.
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What he died of was cancer: colon cancer metastasized to the liver.
Academic text (1995) -
Cancer Care Ontario, the agency responsible for the province's cancer services, instituted a colon cancer screening program in 2007.
Academic text (2011) -
The previous year, she had been diagnosed with metastatic colon adenocarcinoma.
Academic text (2004) -
There's nothing like buttermilk... especially if you have a lazy colon.
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Its level increases not only in all colon cancers but also in inflammatory diseases of the colon.
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The doctor explained that the colon is essential for absorbing water before waste is excreted.
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After the surgery, he felt relieved to have his colon functioning again after months of discomfort.
Synonyms
275
3.3
The long tube in the body that digests food after the stomach
145
3.5
The long tubes after the stomach that carry food and waste, like the small and large intestines
112
3.2
The long tube after the stomach that takes in nutrients and water and moves waste to the anus
4
2.8
The lower tube in the body that absorbs water from waste before the waste leaves the body
Compounds
- Specialized
28
2.7
A harmful growth in the large intestine that can spread to other parts
- Archaic
1
5.8
A gut condition that causes belly pain and alternating diarrhea and constipation and is often worse with stress
- Specialized
1
4.8
A part of the large intestine that goes down on the lower left side of the belly
- Specialized
1
5.0
Part of the large intestine that goes upward from the small intestine
- Specialized
1
5.5
A part of the large intestine that runs across the upper belly from right to left
- Archaic
A former unit of money in El Salvador worth 100 cents used before the US dollar
Surface Forms
Etymology
Colon for the large intestine comes from the Greek word kolon, which meant a 'part' or 'limb' of the body. That's why the colon is the big 'part' of the gut that helps absorb water and finish digestion.