Colon

co·lon ¹  (kln)

n. pl. co·lons

1.

a. A punctuation mark ( : ) used after a word introducing a quotation, an explanation, an example, or a series and often after the salutation of a business letter.

b. The sign ( : ) used between numbers or groups of numbers in expressions of time (2:30 a.m.) and ratios (1:2).

2. pl. co·la (-l) A section of a metrical period in quantitative verse, consisting of two to six feet and in Latin verse having one principal accent.

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[Latin clon, part of a verse, from Greek klon, limb, member, metrical unit.]

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co·lon ²  (kln)

n. pl. co·lons or co·la (-l)

The section of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum.

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[Middle English, from Latin, from Greek kolon, large intestine.]

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co·lonic (k-lnk) adj.

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co·lon ³  (k-ln)

n. pl. co·lons or co·lo·nes (-lns)

See Table at currency.

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[Spanish colón, after Cristóbal Colón, Christopher Columbus.]

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colon ¹

Noun

pl -lons the punctuation mark (:) used before an explanation or an example, a list, or an extended quotation [Greek kōlon limb, clause]

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colon ²

Noun

pl -lons or -la the part of the large intestine connected to the rectum [Greek kolon large intestine]

colonic adj

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colon  (kln)

The longest part of the large intestine, extending from the cecum to the rectum. Water and electrolytes are absorbed, solidified, and prepared for elimination as feces in the colon. The colon also contains bacteria that help in the body's absorption of nutrients from digested material.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	colon - the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted sigmoid vein, vena sigmoideus - tributaries of the inferior mesenteric vein; drains the sigmoid colon large intestine - beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces megacolon - an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate) transverse colon - the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon ascending colon - the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon descending colon - the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon sigmoid colon, sigmoid flexure - the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum
	2.	colon - the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos El Salvadoran colon centavo - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal El Salvadoran monetary unit - monetary unit in El Salvador
	3.	colon - the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos Costa Rican colon centimo - a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain Costa Rican monetary unit - monetary unit in Costa Rica
	4.	Colon - a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal Aspinwall Panama, Republic of Panama - a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903
	5.	colon - a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter) punctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

Translations

colon [ˈkəulən] n (= sign) → dos puntos;

(MED) → colon m

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colon [ˈkəulən] n (= sign) → deux-points mpl;

(Med) → côlon m

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colon [ˈkəulən] n → Doppelpunkt m;

(Anat) → Dickdarm m

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colon [ˈkəulən] n (sign) → due punti mpl;

(MED) → colon m inv

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colon¹

n colon [ˈkəulən]

the punctuation mark ( ), used eg to separate sentence-like units within a sentence, or to introduce a list etc . dubbelpunt نُقْطَتان مُتَعامِدَتان двуеточие dvojtečka kolon der Doppelpunkt διπλή τελεία dos puntos koolon دو نقطه kaksoispiste deux-points נְקוּדוֹתָייִם कोलन: dvotočka kettőspont tanda titik dua tvípunktur due punti コロン 콜론 dvitaškis kols tanda titik bertindih dubbele punt kolon dwukropek dois pontos două puncte двоеточие dvojbodka dvopičje dve tačke kolon เครื่องหมาย (:) iki nokta üst üste 冒號 двокрапка کولن : ، وقفِ شارح dấu hai chấm 冒号