What does colón mean?
Definitions for colón
ˈkoʊ ləncolón
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Princeton's WordNet
colonnoun
the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
colon, El Salvadoran colonnoun
the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
colon, Costa Rican colonnoun
the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
Colon, Aspinwallnoun
a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
colonnoun
a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
Wiktionary
colónnoun
The currency of Costa Rica, divided into 100 céntimos
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Colonnoun
Etymology: ϰῶλον.
Now, by your cruelty hard bound,
I strain my guts, my colon wound. Jonathan Swift.The contents of the colon are of a sower, fetid, acid smell in rabbits. John Floyer, on the Humours.
ChatGPT
colon
A colon is a punctuation mark represented by two evenly sized dots placed one above the other (:). It is primarily used to introduce a list, a quote, or a direct speech. In sentences, it is used to precede an explanation or elaboration of the clause before it. In time expressions, it separates hours, minutes, and seconds. In mathematics, it is used to express ratios or to differentiate between different segments in a formula.
Webster Dictionary
Colonnoun
that part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]
Colonnoun
a point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction
Etymology: [L. colon, colum, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. kw^lon, and in sense of the intestine, ko`lon: cf. F. colon. Cf. Colic.]
Wikidata
Colon
The colon is the last part of the digestive system in most vertebrates. It extracts water and salt from solid wastes before they are eliminated from the body and is the site in which flora-aided fermentation of unabsorbed material occurs. Unlike the small intestine, the colon does not play a major role in absorption of foods and nutrients. However, the colon does absorb water, sodium and some fat soluble vitamins. In mammals, the colon consists of four sections: the ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon, and the sigmoid colon. The cecum, colon, rectum and anal canal make up the large intestine.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Colon
kō′lon, n. the mark (:) used to indicate a distinct member or clause of a sentence. [Gr. kōlon, a limb, member.]
Colon
kō′lon, n. that portion of the large intestine which extends from the cæcum to the rectum, which is the terminal portion of the intestinal canal.—n. Colonī′tis, inflammation of the colon. [L.,—Gr. kolon, the large intestine.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Colon
a town at the Atlantic terminus of the Panama Railway. See Aspinwall.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Colon
The segment of LARGE INTESTINE between the CECUM and the RECTUM. It includes the ASCENDING COLON; the TRANSVERSE COLON; the DESCENDING COLON; and the SIGMOID COLON.
Editors Contribution
colon
An organ within the body of an animal, human being or organism.
A function of the colon in the body is to process matter that then moves out of the body.
Submitted by MaryC on April 7, 2020
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Entomology
Colon
the large intestine; that usually enlarged portion of the alimentary canal before the rectum.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
COLON
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Colon is ranked #497 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Colon surname appeared 67,338 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 23 would have the surname Colon.
89.7% or 60,436 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
7.5% or 5,104 total occurrences were White.
1.8% or 1,273 total occurrences were Black.
0.3% or 222 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.3% or 209 total occurrences were Asian.
0.1% or 94 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Anagrams for colón »
lonco
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of colón in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of colón in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of colón in a Sentence
My dad was a veteran. He died of colon cancer, this is so personal to me.
For now, we see no active surveillance for colon or pancreatic cancer or glioblastoma, but we know that follicular lymphoma, a low-growing, low-grade cancer, does overlap with nonaggressive prostate cancer.
As The Arringtons ate them, they went down into The Arringtons digestive tract, and then each time The Arringtons would find another one somewhere in the house and swallow it, it would click together and it perforated a hole through The Arringtons stomach all the way down into The Arringtons colon area.
Your body's contractions of the colon work at its highest level in the morning. That's when your body is designed to poop!
He’s become our ambassador, we’ve Zoomed with him several times, i used him as an example of overcoming adversity. ‘Baseball is not about living and dying, having colon cancer is about living and dying. Baseball has got to be fun.’ That’s the message that Trey gave to these kids.
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- نقطتان, قولون, نقطة مزدوجةArabic
- двоето́чие, колонBulgarian
- còlon, dos puntsCatalan, Valencian
- tračník, dvojtečkaCzech
- colonWelsh
- Grimmdarm, Doppelpunkt, KolonGerman
- κόλον, άνω και κάτω τελείαGreek
- kojlo, dupunktoEsperanto
- dos puntos, colonSpanish
- کولون, دونقطهPersian
- kaksoispiste, koolonFinnish
- kolonFaroese
- côlon, deux pointsFrench
- idirstad, drólannIrish
- caolan mòr, còilean, dà-phuingScottish Gaelic
- colon, dous puntosGalician
- נקודתייםHebrew
- पेटHindi
- kettőspont, vastagbélHungarian
- duo punctosInterlingua
- titik duaIndonesian
- due puntiItalian
- המעי הגסHebrew
- コロン, :, 大腸Japanese
- 쌍점, 큰창자, 대장Korean
- gaubtinė žarnaLithuanian
- kōpiro nuiMāori
- дебело црево, две точкиMacedonian
- बृहदांत्र, मोठे आतडेMarathi
- kolonMaltese
- karteldarm, dubbelpuntDutch
- kolon, endetarmNorwegian
- colonOccitan
- okrężnica, dwukropekPolish
- cólon, dois pontosPortuguese
- două puncteRomanian
- то́лстая кишка́, двоето́чие, ободо́чная кишка́Russian
- dvotočka, dvotočjeSerbo-Croatian
- dvojbodka, hrubé črevoSlovak
- debelo črevo, dvopičje, dankaSlovene
- kolonSwedish
- alama ya mkatoSwahili
- iki nokta üst üste, kolonTurkish
- krasumVolapük
- 結腸Chinese
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