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ascending colon

[ koh-luhn ]

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ascending colon1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

The ascending colon passes upward from the right haunch-bone to the under surface of the liver.

There was no large intestine in the place of the ascending colon.

I saw instances of these in the case of the ascending colon, and in the small curvature of the stomach.

Great omentum adherent to ascending colon, which was covered with plastic lymph.

Several cases of recovery from wounds of the cæcum and ascending colon are recounted below.

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