Definition of colon

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Colon (n.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion..

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Ileocolic :: Ileocolic (a.) Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine..
Boor :: Boor (n.) A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West..
Colonitis :: Colonitis (n.) See Colitis.
Volvox :: Volvox (n.) A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule..
Gastrocolic :: Gastrocolic (a.) Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum..
Colonelship :: Colonelship (n.) Colonelcy.
Boer :: Boer (n.) A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.
Continental :: Continental (a.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money..
Social :: Social (a.) Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians..
Settling :: Settling (n.) The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc..
Colonizer :: Colonizer (n.) One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist.
Colony :: Colony (n.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range..
Peristyle :: Peristyle (n.) A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade..
Mesocolon :: Mesocolon (n.) The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the colon..
Negus :: Negus (n.) A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice; -- so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus..
Stock :: Stock (n.) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc..
Commission :: Commission (n.) A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission..
Coloner :: Coloner (n.) A colonist.
Colonize :: Colonize (v. i.) To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony..
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