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colonic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kəˈlɑn.ɪk/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
- /kəˈlɒn.ək/ (New-Zealand)
- /kəˈlɔːn.ɪk/ Received Pronunciation, older
- /kəˈlɑn.ɪk/ (Canada, cot-caught-merger)
- /koˈlɔn.ɪk/ (India)
- /kəˈlɔn.ɪk/ (Australia, General-American, Scotland)
- kə-lŏn′ĭk
- /kəˈlɒn.ɪk/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
English colon
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English colonic
From colon + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, relating to, affecting, or within the colon.
Deriveds
colonic cocktail · nephrocolonic · colonic transit time · intracolonic · noncolonic · colonic irrigation · cholecystocolonic · pericolonic · pancolonic · ileocolonic · rectocolonic · extracolonic · mesocolonic · gastrocolonic
colonic en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kəˈlɑn.ɪk/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
- /kəˈlɒn.ək/ (New-Zealand)
- /kəˈlɔːn.ɪk/ Received Pronunciation, older
- /kəˈlɑn.ɪk/ (Canada, cot-caught-merger)
- /koˈlɔn.ɪk/ (India)
- /kəˈlɔn.ɪk/ (Australia, General-American, Scotland)
- kə-lŏn′ĭk
- /kəˈlɒn.ɪk/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
English colon
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English colonic
From colon + -ic.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An enema.
Different forms of colonics have been used through the ages for therapeutic purposes, ranging from detoxifying and system cleansing to treatments of chronic headaches, back pain, allergies, and addictions.
2016, Gilles Marin, Healing from Within with Chi Nei Tsang:
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(countable, uncountable) Synonym of colon cleansing (the removal of nonspecific toxins from the colon and intestinal tract considered pseudomedicine)
Forms
Synonyms
colon cleansing
wikidata: Q1110546