Meanings
noundescending colon (plural descending colons)
plural descending colons
- anatomyA part of the colon adjacent to the sigmoid colon.
Translations
Bulgarian низходящо ободно черво
- низходящо ободно черво (nizhodjašto obodno červo)part of colon
Catalan còlon descendent
- còlon descendentpart of colon
Chinese Mandarin 降结肠, 降結腸 /降结肠
- 降结肠 (jiangjiechang)part of colon
- 降結腸 /降结肠 (jiàngjiécháng)part of colon
Czech sestupný tračník
- sestupný tračníkpart of colon
French côlon descendant
- côlon descendantpart of colon
Hungarian leszálló vastagbél
- leszálló vastagbélpart of colon
Polish zstępnica
- zstępnicapart of colon
Cite this entry
APA
descending colon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/descending%20colon
MLA
“descending colon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/descending%20colon. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “descending colon,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/descending%20colon.
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