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colon
n. punctuation mark composed of two vertically aligned dots (the mark : ); part of the large intestine between the cecum and rectum (in humans); part of the digestive tract between the stomach and rectum (in animals)


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Colon
Colon may refer to:Colon (anatomy)Colon (punctuation)Colon (rhetoric), a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, completeColon classification, a library classification systemColon, an alternative name use in France for wine made from the Gros Verdot grape
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Colón
Colón may refer to:Colón (currency)Costa Rican colón, currency of Costa RicaSalvadoran colón, former currency of El SalvadorColón de Santa Fe, Argentine soccer team
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Colon
Colon /co·lon/ [L.] the part of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum. ascending colon the portion of the colon passing [more]Colon - Community and Resources

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Colon
Noun
1. a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
(synonym) Aspinwall
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) Panama, Republic of Panama

 
colon
Noun
1. the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
(hypernym) large intestine
(hyponym) megacolon
(part-meronym) sigmoid vein, vena sigmoideus
2. the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
(synonym) El Salvadoran colon
(hypernym) El Salvadoran monetary unit
(part-meronym) centavo
3. the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
(synonym) Costa Rican colon
(hypernym) Costa Rican monetary unit
(part-meronym) centimo
4. a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
(hypernym) punctuation, punctuation mark


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Colon (der)
n. coulomb, unit for measuring an electric charge (Electricity)

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