Colons

Synonyms for "colons" (5 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
colon symbol

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
digestive organintestinal segment

Related words (2)

Noun(2 words)
large intestinepunctuation mark

Related word relations

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More general

4 entries
digestive organinternal organpunctuation marktext symbol

More specific

6 entries
ascending colondescending colonratio colonsigmoid colontime colontransverse colon

Collocations

6 entries
ascending coloncolon cancercolonoscopy procedurelarge intestinesigmoid colontransverse colon

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Surgeons are using this technique to remove diseased gall bladders and spleens, to perform hysterectomies and to repair hernias and colons.

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