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pneumocolon

pneumocolon noun: a colonic diagnostic procedure during which the colon is inflated with air.

Noun

pneumocolon (plural pneumocolons)

  1. A colonic diagnostic procedure during which the colon is inflated with air.

Forms of pneumocolon

pluralpneumocolons

Origin of pneumocolon

From pneumo- + colon.

Questions about pneumocolon

What does pneumocolon mean?
Pneumocolon means a colonic diagnostic procedure during which the colon is inflated with air.
What part of speech is pneumocolon?
Pneumocolon is a noun.
What is the plural of pneumocolon?
The plural of pneumocolon is pneumocolons.

Words near pneumocolon in the dictionary

  1. pneumococci
  2. pneumococcic
  3. pneumococcoses
  4. pneumococcosis
  5. pneumococcus
  6. pneumocolon
  7. pneumocolonography
  8. pneumocolons
  9. pneumoconioses
  10. pneumoconiosis
  11. pneumoconiotic

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