transverse colon

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   the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon

   Broadercolon

   Part oflarge intestine

Questions about transverse colon

What does transverse colon mean?

transverse colon means "the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon".

Is transverse colon a common word?

transverse colon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.