(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.
Solon
Definition:
(n.) A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.
Example Sentences:
(1) "My 2002 paper did not criticise the hypothesis that inequality and intergenerational immobility are related, but rather supported it," Solon added.
(2) In a separate submission to governments, Pablo Solon , Bolivia's ambassador to the UN, claimed that industrialised countries were filling all the available atmosphere with carbon pollution, and preventing poor countries from developing.
(3) "Important improvements have been made", said Pablo Solon, the Bolivian ambassador to the UN.
(4) Solon was a surprise choice – he was the first academic to question whether the US, a highly unequal society, was really a land of opportunity 20 years ago.
(5) "The new data shows a frightening chasm between what the science says, what the people have asked for and Earth needs, and what rich countries are saying they are willing to do," said Bolivian ambassador, Pablo Solon.
(6) But the government pointed to a 2002 paper by Gary Solon, a professor at Michigan State University, which it claimed had raised doubts over whether there was a link between high levels of income inequality and low levels of social mobility.
(7) Solon was also gastroprotective for the stomach as it reduced dose dependently the gastric necrotic lesions induced by absolute ethanol given orally.
(8) Solon, a synthetic isoprenyl flavonoid derived from sophoradin isolated from the root of an ancient Chinese plant, administered orally to rats, prevented, dose-dependently, the formation of acute gastric lesions produced by absolute ethanol given orally.
(9) Panel maker Solyndra, has sought protection from its creditors in the US despite receiving $500m of subsidies from the government, and Solon of Germany is filing for insolvency.
(10) "With the current pledges on the table, we have calculated that the Annex 1 (industrialised) nations are going to spend the whole [carbon] budget of the next 40 years in the next 10 years," Solon said.
(11) The effect of a new antiulcer drug, solon (sofalcone), on gastric mucus viscosity, permeability to hydrogen ion and degradation by pepsin was investigated using an in vitro system.
(12) We're running a strongly worded article from the Bolivian ambassador to the UN, Pablo Solon, tomorrow.
(13) Olivia Solon asks whether you have given Pokémon Go full access to everything in your Google account.
(14) Sounds like if I could have voted in the UK, I would not be voting for (Nick Clegg)," Solon said.
(15) It is not a base of negotiations," said Pablo Solon, Bolivia's ambassador to the UN.
(16) Pretreatment with indomethacin partly prevented the gastroprotective effects of Solon.
(17) The ulcer-healing action of Solon was probably related to the stimulation of mucus-alkaline secretion, increased mucosal blood flow and the formation of a protective barrier on the ulcer base.
(18) The results obtained here under in vitro conditions suggest that solon, by inhibiting peptic erosion of the mucus layer, increasing its viscosity and enhancing the ability to impede the hydrogen ion penetration, strengthens the gastric mucosal integrity and thus could aid in ulcer healing.
(19) Permeability measurements showed that 2.2 X 10(-2) M solon increased the retardation ability of mucus to hydrogen ion by 32%, while 43% increase was obtained with 2.2 X 10(-1) M solon.
(20) Both reports were severe in their criticism of a department which had unlawfully imprisoned an Australian, Cornelia Rau , for many months, and which had deported Vivian Solon , also Australian, to the Philippines.