noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any incisional operation on the colon.
2. 2
   The rhythmic and metric patterns of gamelan music, involving the use of specific instruments to mark off nested time intervals. uncountable

Etymology

From colo- + -tomy.

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