Synonyms for colon
ˈkoʊ ləncolon

Princeton's WordNet

1. colonnoun

   the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted

2. colon, El Salvadoran colonnoun

   the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos

3. colon, Costa Rican colonnoun

   the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos

4. Colon, Aspinwallnoun

   a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal

5. 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)

Matched Categories

1. • Costa Rican Monetary Unit
   • El Salvadoran Monetary Unit
   • City
   • Large Intestine
   • Port
   • Punctuation Mark

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1. List of paraphrases for "colon":

   columbus, bowel, colonic, colón, settler, surfboard, cologne, intestine

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1. Cameron Walker:

   And instead of having a stomach on the left, which is normal, Marie Bentley stomach was on the right, marie Bentley liver, which normally occurs predominantly on the right, was predominantly on the left. Marie Bentley spleen was on the right side instead of its normal occurrence on the left. And then the rest of Marie Bentley digestive tract, the ascending colon, was inverted as well.

2. Matt Lauer:

   Let me just say that I saw that colon a lot before the rest of you saw it.

3. Mark Rodgers:

   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.

4. Polk County:

   The bottom line is, Joshua Colon tried to cover for the( supervisor), joshua Colon set up the circumstance for the vaccines to have been stolen. Had Joshua Colon simply gone to Joshua Colon boss right then, Joshua Colon'd have been the hero.

5. Christine Friedenreich:

   This study provides some new evidence that watching TV after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer may decrease overall survival as well as survival associated with colon cancer diagnosis.