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megacolon

megacolon noun: abnormal dilatation of the colon, not caused by mechanical obstruction.

Noun

megacolon (countable and uncountable, plural megacolons)

  1. (uncountable) Abnormal dilatation of the colon, not caused by mechanical obstruction.
  2. (countable) A colon thus enlarged.

megacolon meaning in Tamil

megacolon in Tamil

மாகோலன்

Forms of megacolon

pluralmegacolons

Origin of megacolon

From mega- + colon.

Words formed from megacolon

Questions about megacolon

What does megacolon mean?
Megacolon means abnormal dilatation of the colon, not caused by mechanical obstruction.
What is megacolon in Tamil?
Megacolon in Tamil is மாகோலன். See Megacolon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is megacolon?
Megacolon is a noun.
What is the plural of megacolon?
The plural of megacolon is megacolons.

Words near megacolon in the dictionary

  1. megacoasters
  2. megacocci
  3. megacoccus
  4. megacollection
  5. megacollections
  6. megacolon
  7. megacolonies
  8. megacolons
  9. megacolony
  10. megacolossal
  11. megacommuter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: megacolon (page history and authors); megacolon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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