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epicolic

epicolic adjective: situated upon or over the colon.

Adjective

epicolic (not comparable)

  1. Situated upon or over the colon.
    • epicolic gland
    • epicolic lymph nodes

Origin of epicolic

From epi- + colic.

Questions about epicolic

What does epicolic mean?
Epicolic means situated upon or over the colon.
What part of speech is epicolic?
Epicolic is an adjective.

Words near epicolic in the dictionary

  1. epicoccin
  2. epicoccins
  3. epicoccoid
  4. epicoele
  5. epicoene
  6. epicolic
  7. epicondyl
  8. epicondylalgia
  9. epicondylalgias
  10. epicondylar
  11. epicondyle

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