Usually means: Middle section of large intestine.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word transverse colon:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. transverse colon: Merriam-Webster
  2. transverse colon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. transverse colon: Collins English Dictionary
  4. transverse colon: Vocabulary.com
  5. Transverse colon: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  6. transverse colon: Wiktionary
  7. transverse colon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. transverse colon: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. transverse colon: Dictionary.com
  10. Transverse colon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. transverse colon: Rhymezone
  12. transverse colon: FreeDictionary.org
  13. transverse colon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. transverse colon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Colon, transverse: Encyclopedia
  2. transverse colon: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. transverse colon: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Colon, transverse, transverse colon: Medical dictionary
  8. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (transverse colon)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) A part of colon joining ascending colon and descending colon.

Similar:
ascending colon, descending colon, transversarium, colon, transverse plane, transverse tubule, transaxial plane, transversus abdominis, transversalis fascia, midcolon, more...

Opposite:
ascending colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon

Types:
ascending, hepatic, splenic, descending, sigmoid, more...

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Similar:
ascending colon, descending colon, transversarium, colon, transverse plane, transverse tubule, transaxial plane, transversus abdominis, transversalis fascia, midcolon, more...

Opposite:
ascending colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon

Types:
ascending, hepatic, splenic, descending, sigmoid, more...



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