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Definition: Descending Colon |
Descending ColonNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definitions |
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. | |
Crosswords: Descending Colon |
| English words defined with "descending colon": sigmoid colon, sigmoid flexure ♦ transverse colon. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "descending colon": Colon sigmoideum ♦ Mesenteric Artery, Inferior. (references) |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
descending colon | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 cólon descendente. (various references) colon descendente. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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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)
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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)D e s c e n d i n g   C o l o n |
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 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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