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Colons (1) In ancient Rome, a category of small tenant landholders. (2) In Western Europe in the Middle Ages, one of the categories of serfs. colon (redirected from colons)
Related to colons: colon cancer, colonoscopy, punctuation, Punctuation marksSynonyms for colonnoun the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectumRelated Words- sigmoid vein
- vena sigmoideus
- large intestine
- megacolon
- transverse colon
- ascending colon
- descending colon
- sigmoid colon
- sigmoid flexure
noun the basic unit of money in El SalvadorSynonymsRelated Words- centavo
- El Salvadoran monetary unit
noun the basic unit of money in Costa RicaSynonymsRelated Words- centimo
- Costa Rican monetary unit
noun a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama CanalSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)Related Words- punctuation mark
- punctuation
References in periodicals archiveNIH researcher Ronald Summers, for example, studies virtual colonoscopy, a new way to screen for cancer of the colon (or large intestine).Disease detectivesUse an apostrophe to indicate missing letters; use a colon to draw attention to the material immediately after it.Back to basics: quick and easy ways to clear the grammar hurdles; Part 2: apostrophe and colonVirtual colonoscopy, a scanning procedure designed to spot cancer-related growths in the colon, may offer a side benefit: identifying heart attacks that are waiting to happen.Colon scans reveal heart riskHe's found lower folate levels in the colons of people who've had precancerous polyps, even though the amount of folate in their blood is normal.Can folic acid fight cancer?Ulcerative colitis is a chronic disease in which the lining of the colon (large bowel) and rectum becomes inflamed (see figure 1).Ulcerative colitisCancers on opposite ends of the colon are genetically distinct, researchers from Denmark and Finland have found.Genes linked to colon cancer take sides. (Genetics)Ulcerative colitis, an inflammation of the colon that results in chronic abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea, and a related disorder called Crohn's disease, which produces similar inflammation in the small intestine, are together known as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).The right fats: omega-3 fatty acids soothe inflamed colons. (Science News This Week)Alternative tests look for cancer-causing mutations in the DNA of cells shed from the colon and rectum into feces.New test may spot colon cancer earlyAnytime her colon was called upon to do its job, the pain jumped from excruciating to unbearable.Pain, Pain, Go AwayWhile human studies seem to finger fatty diets as a risk for colon cancer, animal studies haven't strongly supported that link.Cooking up colon cancerAt the end of the six-month period, the researchers found that five of the six patients who had responded to the drug were in complete remission -- they felt better, had stopped taking steriods and cyclosporin and showed no signs of the raw ulcers that had peppered the linings of their colons. The sixth patient had improved but still needed steriod therapy to control colitis symptoms, the researchers report.Cyclosporin therapy heals colon ulcersA fundraiser in the United States was successfully launched to replace an inflatable colon worth $4,000 (around P214,000) stolen earlier this month.Stolen inflatable colon to be replaced after successful fundraiser
Through donations from both companies, there will now be two inflatable colons available to the Colon Cancer Coalition.Salix, Quest donate money to replace stolen colon modelThe findings suggest that certain preventive strategies may be effective in the future, like looking for the bacteria in the colons of people getting colonoscopies.Gut microbes combine to cause colon cancer, study suggests4 patients (1.14%) had retrorenal colon, of which 2(0.76%) were on the left side, 1(0.38%) on the right side and 1(0.38%) had bilateral retrorenal colons.Percutaneous nephrolithotomy and retrorenal colon: its incidence and complications |