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noun (plural: colons or obsolete: cola)
- (grammar) The punctuation mark ":" introducing a quotation or a series of items, or separating clauses.
- (anatomy) The final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus
- A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
Translations: - Dutch: karteldarm(nl)m
- French: cí´lon(fr)m
- German: Grimmdarm(de, Kolon, n}}, {{t-, de)m
- Italian: m(it, due punti)p
- Spanish: colon(es)m
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