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Definition: Transverse Colon |
Transverse ColonNoun1. The part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The part of the colon that goes across the abdomen from right to left. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Transverse Colon |
| English words defined with "transverse colon": ascending colon ♦ descending colon. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "transverse colon": Mesenteric Artery, Inferior. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Microscopic examination of colonic tissue biopsy specimens often reveals mild inflammation, with an increased number of lymphocytes, particularly in the ascending and transverse colon. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
transverse colon | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "transverse colon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | palpabel colon transversum (corde colique), corde colique (corde colique), colon transversum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | loodpijpcolon (corde colique), colon transversum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | corde colique, colon transverse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Quergrimmdarm, Corde colique (corde colique), Colon transversum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | σχοινοειδές εγκάρσιο έντερο (corde colique), εγκάρσιο κόλο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | colon trasverso. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ansversetray oloncay cólon transverso. (various references) colon transverso (corde colique). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-n-n-o-o-r-r-s-s-t-v" | |
-3 letters: conservators, contraveners, cornerstones, nonsecretors. | |
-4 letters: conservator, contravener, contravenes, cornerstone, covenanters, covenantors, nonreactors, nonsecretor. | |
-5 letters: antecessor, consenters, conservers, contravene, conversant, conversers, converters, convertors, correlates, covenanter, covenantor, covertness, cravenness, nonreactor, nonvectors, olecranons, ornateness, overassert, overcleans, overclears, overlearns, overreacts, reconverts, rencontres, renovators, resolvents, resonances, resonators, revelators, tolerances, transverse, venerators. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 72 61 6E 73 76 65 72 73 65      43 6F 6C 6F 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110011 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110011 01100101 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101100 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a n s v e r s e   C o l o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 006E 0073 0076 0065 0072 0073 0065      0043 006F 006C 006F 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5484678085887184857123781788180 |
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