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Colonic

Definition: Colonic

Colonic

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the colon.

Noun

1. 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: Colonic

Synonyms: colonic irrigation (n), high colonic (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Colonic

Specialty definitions using "colonic": Caco-2 Cells, CecostomyDiverticulitis, ColonicGardner SyndromeHT29 Cells. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Colonic

DomainTitle

Books

  • Markers of Colonic Cell Differentiation (Progress in Cancer Research and Therapy: Vol 29) (reference)

  • Principles of Colonic Irrigation: The Only Introduction You'll Ever Need (reference)

  • A Primate Model for the Study of Colitis and Colonic Carcinoma The Cotton-Top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) (reference)

  • Anorectal and Colonic Function (Measurements in Medicine Series) (reference)

  • Colonic Drug Absorption and Metabolism (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Colonic

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

"Napkin-ring" configuration of colonic adenocarcinoma. Surgical specimen. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Colonic

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: Colonic

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)98.91%8188,551
Noun (proper)1.09%9117,287
                    Total100.00%827N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Colonic

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Colonic

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

colonic

467

colonic board

6

colonic irrigation

165

colonic picture

6

high colonic

62

colonic procedure

6

colonic cleansing

34

high colonic cleansing

5

colonic hydrotherapy

30

colonic information irrigation

5

colonic therapy

25

chicago colonic

4

colonic inertia

23

clinic colonic irrigation

4

colonic machine

15

colonic story

4

colonic equipment

13

colonic boards

4

colonic irrigation speculum

12

colonic colonics irrigation

4

colonic polyps

10

angeles colonic los

4

clinic colonic

10

colonic irrigation new york

3

colonic spa

9

colonic dallas

3

colonic hydro

7

colonic irigation

3

home colonic

7

high colonic enema

3

colonic enema

7

center colonic

3

colonic cleanse

6

colonic irrigation perth

3

colonic therapist

6

colonic massage

3

colonic treatment

6

colonic san diego

3

colonic irrigation uk

6

colonic drainage irrigation lymphatic

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Colonic

Language Translations for "colonic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

. (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

   

Portuguese

  

cólica (colic, cramp, mulligrubs). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

colónico, cólico (colic). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kolon ile ilgili, kolik (colic), kalın bağırsak ile ilgili. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Colonic

Derivations

Words beginning with "colonic": colonics. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Colonic

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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