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Descending Colon

Definition: Descending Colon

Descending Colon

Noun

1. The part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Descending Colon

DomainDefinitions

Health

The part of the colon where stool is stored. Located on the left side of the abdomen. (references)

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

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Crosswords: Descending Colon

English words defined with "descending colon": sigmoid colon, sigmoid flexuretransverse colon. (references)
Specialty definitions using "descending colon": Colon sigmoideumMesenteric Artery, Inferior. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Descending Colon

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

  descending colon

9
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Modern Translations: Descending Colon

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

Danish

  

colon descendens. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

colon descendens, afdalende karteldarm. (various references)

   

French

  

colon descendant. (various references)

   

German

  

Colon descendens. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κατιόν κόλο. (various references)

   

Italian

  

colon discendente. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

escendingday oloncay

   

Portuguese

  

cólon descendente. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

colon descendente. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Descending Colon

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-d-d-e-e-g-i-l-n-n-n-o-o-s"

-2 letters: condescending.

-4 letters: condolences.

-5 letters: codesigned, condensing, condescend, condolence, declension, descending, ensconcing, indolences, innocences, nonscience.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Descending Colon


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 65 73 63 65 6E 64 69 6E 67      43 6F 6C 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100101 01110011 01100011 01100101 01101110 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101100 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#115 &#99 &#101 &#110 &#100 &#105 &#110 &#103 &#32 &#67 &#111 &#108 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 0073 0063 0065 006E 0064 0069 006E 0067      0043 006F 006C 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3871856971807075807323781788180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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