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transverse colon
[ koh-luhn ]
noun
, Anatomy.
- the middle portion of the colon, lying across the upper abdominal cavity between the ascending colon on the right and the descending colon on the left.
transverse colon
noun
- anatomy the part of the large intestine passing transversely in front of the liver and stomach
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Word History and Origins
Origin of transverse colon1
First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences
One of them may occupy the cecum, another the transverse colon, and possibly a third the sigmoid flexure.
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Ptoses of other abdominal organs are described; the liver, transverse colon, spleen and kidneys may be involved.
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Fecal tumors in the transverse colon have been taken for enlargement of the liver and spleen.
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It is seated principally in the epigastrium, in the line of the transverse colon, or it may involve the whole abdomen.
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Obstruction at this point, however, is attended with marked distension of the descending and transverse colon.
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