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"Colon" in a Sentence (13 examples)
Bogdan Tanjević will resign because of colon cancer.
The French are a really strange people: every other person who reads this sentence will check if the space before the colon is really thin and non-breaking.
In my language, the "," is called comma, the ";" is called semicolon, ":" is called colon, "..." are called ellipsis, and this sentence ends with a period.
Bogdan Tanevich resigned because of colon cancer.
They say nitrite is harmful to the colon.
A space is missing before the colon.
Tom was diagnosed with colon cancer in October of 2013.
After his colonoscopy, Tom learned that he had cancer. The surgeon cut out and removed the part of his sigmoid colon in which a tumour had been growing, and with staples she fashioned a new splice from the two shorter and cut-through ends. Because of his good health, he healed quickly and after only three days was discharged from the hospital.
Tom had colon cancer.
Bogdan Tanevich is retiring due to colon cancer.
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A colon tells the reader that what follows is closely related to the preceding clause.
Colorectal cancer refers to colon cancer, which starts in the colon, and rectal cancer, which starts in the rectum.
The reaction of the European colons, a mixture of shock and fear, was to demand further draconian measures and to suspend any suggestion of new reforms.
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