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What (who) is colon - definition
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Colon (disambiguation); Colons
colon
colon1 ['k??l?n]
¦ noun
1. a punctuation mark (:) used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation.
2. this mark used in various technical and formulaic contexts, for example a statement of proportion between two numbers.
Origin
C16: via L. from Gk kolon 'limb, clause'.
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colon2 ['k??l?n, -l?n]
¦ noun Anatomy the main part of the large intestine, which passes from the caecum to the rectum.
Origin
ME: via L. from Gk kolon.
colon
[k?'l?n]
¦ noun (plural colones -'l?n?z) the basic monetary unit of Costa Rica and El Salvador, equal to 100 centimos in Costa Rica and 100 centavos in El Salvador.
Origin
from Cristobal Colon, the Spanish name of Christopher Columbus.
Wikipedia
Colon
Colon commonly refers to:
- Colon (punctuation) (:), a punctuation mark
- Colon (anatomy), a major part of the large intestine, the final section of the digestive system
Colon or Colón may also refer to:
Examples of use of colon
1. Snow was treated for colon cancer in 2005, at which time his colon was removed.
2. PillCam COLON detects irregularities in the large intestine, including colon cancer, and has been approved by the European health authorities.
3. Snow had his colon removed in 2005 and underwent six months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with colon cancer.
4. Perez and Colon remained in jail Thursday, with bail set at $2.1 million for Colon and $550,000 for Perez.
5. Food and Drug Administration had refused to approve the firm‘s PillCam COLON video capsule for noninvasive endoscopy examinations of the colon.