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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Lateral to the colon, usually with reference to the ascending colon and descending colon and the compartments of the peritoneal cavity. not-comparable

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from para- + colic = para- + col- + -ic.

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