Synonyms for colon
ˈkoʊ ləncolon

Princeton's WordNet

1. colonnoun

   the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted

2. colon, El Salvadoran colonnoun

   the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos

3. colon, Costa Rican colonnoun

   the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos

4. Colon, Aspinwallnoun

   a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal

5. colonnoun

   a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)

Matched Categories

1. • Costa Rican Monetary Unit
   • El Salvadoran Monetary Unit
   • City
   • Large Intestine
   • Port
   • Punctuation Mark

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1. List of paraphrases for "colon":

   columbus, bowel, colonic, colón, settler, surfboard, cologne, intestine

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1. Alyssa Dweck:

   We see ‘vaginalpHhavoc,’ if you will, break out from [using a toy in the vagina that has just been used for anal play], if you want to use a toy in the anal area, first of all, remember that it has to have some sort of a retrieval device, a string or something along that line. My husband happens to be a colon and rectal surgeon, so I hear of toys getting stuck in the colon because there is nothing to remove it. If you want to switch back and forth between vaginal and anal play thenI would definitely wash the toy in between, and you may want to use a condom on some of the toys as well.

2. Cameron Walker:

   And instead of having a stomach on the left, which is normal, Marie Bentley stomach was on the right, marie Bentley liver, which normally occurs predominantly on the right, was predominantly on the left. Marie Bentley spleen was on the right side instead of its normal occurrence on the left. And then the rest of Marie Bentley digestive tract, the ascending colon, was inverted as well.

3. Salvi Jr.:

   He had a bullet go through some or all of his spinal cord, at least one bullet, jacob Blakes family has holes in Jacob Blakes family stomach. Jacob Blakes family had to have nearly Jacob Blakes family entire colon and small intestines removed.

4. Polk County:

   What occurred was, there were three syringes with three doses of the vaccine that Joshua Colon put in a plastic bag, put in a special refrigerator and sealed it. And then, at the direction of( the supervisor) Joshua Colon took a break.

5. Matt Lauer:

   Let me just say that I saw that colon a lot before the rest of you saw it.