What's the difference between colon and semicolon?
Colon
Definition:
(n.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]
(n.) A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.
Example Sentences:
(1) The use of glucagon in double-contrast studies of the colon has been recommended for various reasons, one of which is to facilitate reflux of barium into the terminal ileum.
(2) heterografts of GW-39, a CEA-producing colonic tumor of human origin, was demonstrated in radioimmunoassay using radioiodinated CEA purified from GW-39.
(3) Moreover, the data showed for the first time that DNA synthesis in the bone marrow and spleen and colon were markedly statistically significantly stimulated at specific times after treatment.
(4) An inhibitory effect of hyperthermia was seen for the incorporation of [3H]-leucine into protein of rat hepatoma cells (HTC) and for that of [3H]-thymidine into DNA of human colon cancer (HT29) cells.
(5) We report a retrospective study of 107 cases of carcinoma of the sigmoid colon and upper rectum treated for primary cure at the University of California at Los Angeles Hospital between 1955 and 1970.
(6) After immunoadsorbent purification, the final step in a purification procedure similar to that adopted for colon cancer CEA, two main molecular species were identified: 1) Material identical with colon cancer CEA with respect to molecular size, PCA solubility, ability to bind to Con A, and most important the ability to bind to specific monkey anti-CEA serum.
(7) There was no correlation between disturbed gastric clearance, impaired gall bladder contraction, and prolonged colonic transit time in the patients with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy nor was there a correlation between any disturbed motor function and age or duration of diabetes.
(8) 16 tube (usually a Baker tube) was inserted by gastrostomy and advanced distally into the colon.
(9) Specific binding of 19-9 was observed in 9 (53%) colon cancers and 4 (36%) gastric cancers.
(10) In normal lymphoreticular tissue, IgGEA selectively bound to areas colonized by macrophages, IgMEAC to B-dependent areas, whereas E showed no adherence.
(11) This result was predicted from a short-term assay measuring defects in nuclear morphology in mouse colon epithelial cells.
(12) Four hundred patients with resectable colon and rectal cancers were operated on by 37 surgeons at 31 institutions.
(13) The clinical course was observed in 50 patients while the remaining 10 were hospitalized and submitted to esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy and colonoscopy both before and after treatment for withdrawal of duodenal secretion and fragments of duodenojejunal and colonic mucosa biopsies.
(14) In 120 consecutive patients who had colonic roentgenologic examination and no depressive sign, two had coccygeal and muscular pain at rectal touch.
(15) The sulfation of ascorbic acid by an ascorbic acid sulphotransferase was investigated using rat liver and colon homogenates.
(16) The radiologic and endoscopic findings in six patients with anisakiasis of the colon were analyzed.
(17) Aspergillomas generally arise from saprophytic colonization of a pre-existing pulmonary cavity with Aspergillus, and may be complicated by life-threatening hemoptosis.
(18) A high average of LI was detected in colon cancer (approximately 13%), but no relationship between LI and the ploidy pattern was found.
(19) The results suggested that a population of patients with gastric and colonic cancers showed improved survival with this treatment.
(20) We describe four cases of actinomycotic intracavitary lung colonization and review the literature on the subject.
Semicolon
Definition:
(n.) The punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma.
Example Sentences:
(1) Semicolons You can lead a full and happy life without bothering with semicolons.
(2) "Spending nearly three hours of screen time to visually represent every comma, period and semicolon in the first six chapters of the perennially popular 19-chapter book, Jackson and his colleagues have created a purist's delight, something the millions of die-hard fans of his Lord of the Rings trilogy will gorge upon," writes Todd McCarthy of the Hollywood Reporter .