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Examples of transverse colon in a Sentence
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The procedure was uncomplicated with no gross mucosal pathology, however, an insect was found in the transverse colon (Fig. 1, to the left), was found in the transverse colon on a routine screening colonoscopy.).
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2015
During screening colonoscopy, a cockroach was encountered in the transverse colon of a 51-year-old woman with a history of schizophrenia.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2012
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1860, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of transverse colon was
circa 1860
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“Transverse colon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transverse%20colon. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Medical Definition
transverse colon
noun
: the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity joining the ascending colon to the descending colon
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