COLON
\kˈə͡ʊlən], \kˈəʊlən], \k_ˈəʊ_l_ə_n]\
Definitions of COLON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
By Princeton University
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a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]
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A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.
By Oddity Software
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The division of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum. The ascending c. (c. ascendens) runs upward on the right of the abdomen to the under surface of the liver, where, at the hepatic flexure (flexura coli dextra), it becomes transverse (c. transversum) and crosses the abdomen, beneath the liver and stomach, to the spleen, where, at the splenic flexure (flexura coli sinistra) it turns downward (c. descendens) and descends on the left side of the abdomen to a point opposite the crest of the ilium; here it makes several turns, roughly resembling the letter S (c. sigmoideum, sigmoid flexure) and terminates in the rectum.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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The mark (:) used to indicate a distinct member or clause of a sentence.
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The lower division of the intestinal canal or large intestine.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A punctuation - mark (; ) indicating a pause greater than a semicolon, but less than a period.
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The large intestine.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The largest division of the intestinal canal; a point or character formed thus (:), used to mark a pause greater than that of a semicolon, but less than that of a period.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The largest of the intestines; in writing or printing, the mark (;) chiefly used to separate the perfect clauses of a sentence, and which indicates a longer pause than a semi-colon (;), but a shorter one than a period (.).
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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The second portion of the intestine of insects; the part of the large intestine stretching from its junction with the small intestine to the rectum.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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That portion of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. The colon is usually divided into four portions. 1. The right lumbar or ascending, Colon dextrum, situate in the right lumbar region, and commencing at the caecum. 2. Transverse colon, Colon transversum, transverse arch of the colon, the portion of the colon which crosses from the right to the left side, at the upper part of the abdomen. 3. The left lumbar or descending colon, Colon sinistrum, extending from the left part of the transverse arch, opposite the outer portion of the left kidney, to the corresponding iliac fossa. 4. The lliac colon or Sigmoid flexure of the colon, (F.) Colon iliaque ou S. du colon, the portion of the intestine which makes a double curvature in the left iliac fossa, and end in the rectum. The muscular fibres, as in the caecum, are in three flat stripes, Taeiae seu Fasciae Ligamentosae Coli, Taeniae Valsalva seu Ligamenta coli. Colon, Membrum- c. Inflammation of the Colitis.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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That part of the large intestine which extends from the lower end of the cecum to the rectum. It is divided into the ascending, the transverse, and the descending colon, and the sigmoid flexure of the colon.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
