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Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
Coffee might stimulate this colonic motor activity within minutes of consuming it, based on the limited available research, Staller said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022
Drug-Free Relief Through a Vibrating Pill Vibrant works by enhancing colonic motility by adding some mechanical help to the body's biological clock.
—Korin Miller, Health, 10 Feb. 2023
Sound baths, colonic hydrotherapy and salt saunas all also featured in the top trending treatments of this year, with searches having increased by 83% for each.
—Debbi Kickham, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
Ironically, one way to make the material in your colon as dangerous as colonic practitioners claim is to blast it with water.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2014
The fact that the syndrome invariably abated on descent leads us to postulate a mechanism whereby the victim is afflicted by the expansion of colonic gas at the decreased atmospheric pressure of high altitude.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2014
His death was disclosed only on Wednesday, with the cause given as colonic cancer.
—Mark Schilling, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022
Kellogg was big on the benefits of colonic irrigation.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2022
Eimear Lynch Monica Khemsurov Kurt Soller Gisela Williams Caitie Kelly Elissa Suh, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
The average three-to-seven stay at We Care Spa includes meditation sound healing, nutrition classes, yoga, colonics and spa treatments like a full-body castor oil wrap on a heated amethyst mat that includes scalp, neck, shoulder.
—Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
In both cases, caffeine can stimulate digestive secretions and colonic contractions, Volpe says.
—Karen Asp, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2023
The participants received a colonoscopy or colonic surgery for primary colorectal cancer soon after.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 30 May 2023
The entire program here is based on juice fasting—oh, and colonics.
—Liz Krieger, Town & Country, 1 Mar. 2023
Sort of a carburetor high-colonic.
—Ray Magliozz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2020
Until Moscow takes a massive colonic, one that can cleanse its bloated system of evil, lies, extortion, cheating, hacking, war crimes and narcissism, never again.
—Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2022
Court records show the victims sought colonics, massage therapy, and homeopathic and holistic treatment from Nash at Fountains of Youth Renewal Center near Saguaro and Palisades boulevards in Fountain Hills.
—Chelsea Hofmann, azcentral, 3 Mar. 2020
Adjective
Little is known about the type and amount of gas produced by the infant's colonic microflora and whether diet influences gas formation.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
Coffee might stimulate this colonic motor activity within minutes of consuming it, based on the limited available research, Staller said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022
Drug-Free Relief Through a Vibrating Pill Vibrant works by enhancing colonic motility by adding some mechanical help to the body's biological clock.
—Korin Miller, Health, 10 Feb. 2023
Sound baths, colonic hydrotherapy and salt saunas all also featured in the top trending treatments of this year, with searches having increased by 83% for each.
—Debbi Kickham, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
Ironically, one way to make the material in your colon as dangerous as colonic practitioners claim is to blast it with water.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2014
The fact that the syndrome invariably abated on descent leads us to postulate a mechanism whereby the victim is afflicted by the expansion of colonic gas at the decreased atmospheric pressure of high altitude.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2014
His death was disclosed only on Wednesday, with the cause given as colonic cancer.
—Mark Schilling, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022
Kellogg was big on the benefits of colonic irrigation.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2022
Noun
This new outpost offers a few additional treatments including colonics and energy healings — which incorporate techniques such as hypnosis and sound therapy.
—Eimear Lynch Monica Khemsurov Kurt Soller Gisela Williams Caitie Kelly Elissa Suh, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
The average three-to-seven stay at We Care Spa includes meditation sound healing, nutrition classes, yoga, colonics and spa treatments like a full-body castor oil wrap on a heated amethyst mat that includes scalp, neck, shoulder.
—Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
In both cases, caffeine can stimulate digestive secretions and colonic contractions, Volpe says.
—Karen Asp, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2023
The participants received a colonoscopy or colonic surgery for primary colorectal cancer soon after.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 30 May 2023
The entire program here is based on juice fasting—oh, and colonics.
—Liz Krieger, Town & Country, 1 Mar. 2023
Sort of a carburetor high-colonic.
—Ray Magliozz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2020
Until Moscow takes a massive colonic, one that can cleanse its bloated system of evil, lies, extortion, cheating, hacking, war crimes and narcissism, never again.
—Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2022
Court records show the victims sought colonics, massage therapy, and homeopathic and holistic treatment from Nash at Fountains of Youth Renewal Center near Saguaro and Palisades boulevards in Fountain Hills.
—Chelsea Hofmann, azcentral, 3 Mar. 2020
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colonic
1 of 2 adjective
co·lon·ic
kō-ˈlän-ik, kə- 
: of or relating to the colon
colonic
2 of 2 noun
: enema sense 1 see high colonic
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