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MEGACOLON

• MEGACOLON (noun)
The noun MEGACOLON has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)

Familiarity information: MEGACOLON used as a noun is very rare.

• MEGACOLON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("megacolon" is a kind of...):

colon (the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted)

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