colón
Multiple Entries:colón colon
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
colón /kɒˈlɒn/
▶noun (pl. colones /-ˈlɒnɛz/) the basic monetary unit of Costa Rica and El Salvador, equal to 100 centimos in Costa Rica and 100 centavos in El Salvador.
– origin from Cristóbal Colón, the Spanish name of Christopher Columbus.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
colon1 /ˈkəʊlən/
▶noun
- 1 a punctuation mark (:) used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation.
- 2 this mark used in various technical and formulaic contexts, for example a statement of proportion between two numbers.
– origin C16: via L. from Gk kōlon ‘limb, clause’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
colon2 /ˈkəʊlən, -lɒn/
▶noun Anatomy the main part of the large intestine, which passes from the caecum to the rectum.
– origin ME: via L. from Gk kolon.
'colón' also found in these Oxford entries:
colectomy
- colic
- coliform
- colitis
- colon
- colon
- colón
- colonic
- colonic irrigation
- colonoscopy
- colorectal
- colostomy
- Crohn's disease
- diverticular disease
- diverticulitis
- diverticulosis
- high enema
- large intestine
- polyposis
- sigmoid
- sigmoidoscopy
- taenia
