colon
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1. the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | large intestine, |
| definition | : | beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | megacolon, |
| definition | : | an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate) (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | transverse colon, |
| definition | : | the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | ascending colon, |
| definition | : | the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | descending colon, |
| definition | : | the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | sigmoid vein, vena sigmoideus, |
| definition | : | tributaries of the inferior mesenteric vein; drains the sigmoid colon (noun.body) |
2. a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter) (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | punctuation, punctuation mark, |
| definition | : | the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases (noun.communication) |
3. a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | city, metropolis, urban center, |
| definition | : | a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location) |
| instance hypernym | : | port, |
| definition | : | a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | panama, republic of panama, |
| definition | : | a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903 (noun.location) |
4. the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos (noun.quantity)
| part holonym | : | centimo, |
| definition | : | a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain (noun.quantity) |
5. the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos (noun.quantity)
| part holonym | : | centavo, |
| definition | : | a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal (noun.quantity) |
6. the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted (noun.body)
| derivation | : | colonic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the colon (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | colonic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the colon (adj.pert) |
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