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(Latin: blind, blind gut [first part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch into which open the ileum, the colon, and the appendix vermiformis]; any blind pouch)
(Greek: sigmoeides, shaped like the letter sigma; pertaining to the sigmoid flexure, the S-shaped bend in the colon; a combining form that usually denotes the sigmoid colon)
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“the colon”
sacculation of the colon, haustra of the colon
The sacculations of the colon, caused by the teniae, or longitudinal bands, which are slightly shorter than the gut so that the latter is thrown into tucks or pouches.
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sacco-, sacc-, sacci- +
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“the colon”
The Colon :
The colon by some is thought odd,
And no wonder:
Two periods make it,
One over,
One under.
The colon resemble the eyes of a beast:
A tiger,
A fox,
Or a tomcat at least —
Two eyes ever looking, two eyes open wide,
That belong to a creature that lies on its side.
Unable to point or to say, "over there,"
All the colon can do,
And it does it,
Is stare.
So here's a suggestion: go on, if you please,
To where it is looking, to see what it sees.