transverse colon

noun

: the middle portion of the colon that extends across the abdominal cavity

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Recent Examples on the Web 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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First Known Use

circa 1860, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of transverse colon was circa 1860

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