Ileocolic vs. Colon — What's the Difference?

In many Animalia, including humans, an ileocolic structure or problem is something that concerns the region of the gastrointestinal tract from the ileum to the colon. In Animalia that have ceca, the ileocecal region is a subset of the ileocolic region, and the entire range can also be described as ileocecocolic, whereas in some Animalia, the ileocolic region contains no cecum, as the ileum joins the colon directly.

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(anatomy) Relating to the ileum and colon

The sign (

Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocæcal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.

A section of a metrical period in quantitative verse, consisting of two to six feet and in Latin verse having one principal accent.

An analogous unit or division of classical Greek or Latin prose.

The section of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum.

See Table at currency.

The punctuation mark ":".

(rare) The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).

(rhetoric) A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.

(palaeography) A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.

(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)

(obsolete) A husbandman.

A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.

That part of the large intestines which extends from the cæcum to the rectum. [See Illust. of Digestion.]

A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.

The part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted

The basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos

The basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos

A port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal

A punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)