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Definition: Colonic |
ColonicAdjective1. Of or relating to the colon. Noun1. Irrigation of the colon for cleansing purposes by injecting large amounts of fluid high into the colon. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: ColonicSynonyms: colonic irrigation (n), high colonic (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Colonic |
| Specialty definitions using "colonic": Caco-2 Cells, Cecostomy ♦ Diverticulitis, Colonic ♦ Gardner Syndrome ♦ HT29 Cells. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | "Napkin-ring" configuration of colonic adenocarcinoma. Surgical specimen. Credit: CDC. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Surgical removal of the colon may be an option for people with severe symptoms caused by colonic inertia. (references) | |
High colonic enemas have no demonstrated value in the treatment of CFS. The procedure can promote intestinal disease. (references) | ||
Colonic inertia and delayed transit are two types of functional constipation caused by decreased muscle activity in the colon. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Colonic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.91% of the time. "Colonic" is used about 827 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.91% | 818 | 8,551 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.09% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 827 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "colonic": colonic flora ♦ Colonic Inertia ♦ colonic irrigation ♦ Colonic Neoplasms ♦ Colonic Polyps ♦ Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction ♦ high colonic. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "colonic": colonic-rectal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "colonic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 大 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | colon-, colinisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | colicus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | colon irritabile (functional colonic disease), paksusuolihuuhtelu (colon hydrotherapy, colonic irrigation), paksusuolen huuhtelu (colon hydrotherapy, colonic irrigation), ärtyvän paksusuolen oireyhtymä (functional colonic disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | colique (colic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | colicus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | του κόλου, του παχέος εντέρου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vastagbél-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | colico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oloniccay cólica (colic, cramp, mulligrubs). (various references) colónico, cólico (colic). (various references) kolon ile ilgili, kolik (colic), kalın bağırsak ile ilgili. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "colonic": colonics. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-i-l-n-o-o" | |
-1 letter: clonic, coloni. | |
-2 letters: colic, colin, colon, conic, nicol. | |
-3 letters: cion, clon, coco, coil, coin, coni, cool, coon, icon, lino, lion, loci, loco, loin, loon, noil, nolo, olio. | |
-4 letters: col, con, coo, ion, lin, loo, nil, noo, oil. | |
-5 letters: in, li, lo, no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-i-l-n-o-o" | |
+1 letter: colonics. | |
+2 letters: councilor, myoclonic, occlusion, oncologic. | |
+3 letters: catholicon, collection, colocating, conchoidal, conclusion, councillor, councilors, economical, iconoclasm, iconoclast, monoclinic, monocyclic, noncaloric, occasional, occlusions. | |
+4 letters: catholicons, chronologic, chylomicron, cognoscible, coldcocking, collections, collocating, collocation, colonelcies, conciliator, conclusions, confliction, consciously, councillors, crocodilian, cycloolefin, gynecologic, iconoclasms, iconoclasts, neocortical, nonvolcanic, occultation, oncological, technologic. | |
+5 letters: chloropicrin, chylomicrons, cocounseling, collocations, complication, conceptional, concessional, conchoidally, conchologies, conchologist, conciliation, conciliators, conciliatory, conductorial, conflictions, connectional, conscionable, convectional, correctional, cosmogonical, councilwoman, councilwomen, crocodilians, cycloolefins, cyclosporine, echolocation, economically, electrotonic, enterocoelic, flocculation, iconoclastic, iconological, malocclusion, motorcycling, necrological, nonalcoholic, occasionally, occultations, occupational, recollection, unecological, uneconomical, volcanologic, zootechnical. | |
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