colon

UK:  ['kəʊlən]

US:  [ˈkoʊlən]

复数：colons  

n.

1.冒号

2.【解】结肠;大肠

1 . Currently, in the United States, the general advice is for colonoscopy tests for colon cancer to begin at the age of 50.
目前，在美国一般在50岁开始就普遍建议做结肠癌检查。

2 . The format is like the system's PATH environment variable: a list of directories separated with a colon in Unix or semicolon in Windows.
格式和系统的PATH环境变量类似：一组目录的列表，在UNIX下用冒号分隔，在Windows下用分号分隔。

3 . We sent her to the hospital, and the doctors diagnosed colon cancer; it had spread everywhere.
我们立即送她去医院，医生诊断为直肠癌，已扩散至全身。

4 . Obstruction of the sigmoid colon is often caused by malignancy, but sometimes other causes must be considered.
阻挠乙状结肠往往是因为恶性肿瘤，但有时其他原因必须加以考虑。

5 . the drug has typically been used to treat metastatic cancer of the colon and is not normally used to treat eye ailments.
这种注射液主要适用于转移性结肠癌的治疗，并未提及治疗眼疾。