megacolon
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megacolon - an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)

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

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