DESCENDING COLON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does descending colon mean? 

• DESCENDING COLON (noun)
  The noun DESCENDING COLON has 1 sense:

1. the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon

  Familiarity information: DESCENDING COLON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESCENDING COLON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("descending colon" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("descending colon" is a part of...):

large intestine (beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces)

 Context examples 

The central left zone of the abdomen containing parts of the small intestine, descending colon, and the left kidney.

(Left Lumbar Region, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of the two naturally ocurring spaces between the colon and the abdominal wall, lateral to the ascending and descending colons.

(Paracolic Gutter, NCI Thesaurus)

A well differentiated, low grade neuroendocrine tumor (carcinoid tumor) that arises from the descending colon.

(Descending Colon Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, NCI Thesaurus)