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DESCENDING COLON

\dɪsˈɛndɪŋ kˈə͡ʊlən], \dɪsˈɛndɪŋ kˈə‍ʊlən], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_n_d_ɪ_ŋ k_ˈəʊ_l_ə_n]\

Definitions of DESCENDING COLON

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The last portion of the colon. It continues from the left extremity of the transverse colon and descends almost perpendicularly to the sigmoid flexure.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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