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hemicolon

hemicolon noun: either of the left or right sections of the colon.

Noun

hemicolon

  1. Either of the left or right sections of the colon
    • They are more common in the left hemicolon and are polypoid.2014 February 3, Johanna Munding, Andrea Tannapfel, “Epidemiology of Colorectal Adenomas and Histopathological Assessment of Endoscopic Specimens in the Colorectum”, in Viszeralmedizin, volume 30...

Origin of hemicolon

From hemi- + colon.

Questions about hemicolon

What does hemicolon mean?
Hemicolon means either of the left or right sections of the colon.
What part of speech is hemicolon?
Hemicolon is a noun.

Words near hemicolon in the dictionary

  1. hemiclones
  2. hemicolectomies
  3. hemicolectomy
  4. hemicolitis
  5. hemicollin
  6. hemicolon
  7. hemicomplementation
  8. hemicomplemented
  9. hemicomplex
  10. hemicomplexes
  11. hemicondylar

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