colonic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English colon

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English colonic

From colon + -ic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kə-lŏn′ĭk
• (Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA^(key): /kəˈlɒn.ɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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  (Received Pronunciation, older) IPA^(key): /kəˈlɔːn.ɪk/

  (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /kəˈlɑn.ɪk/

• (General American, Australian, Scotland) IPA^(key): /kəˈlɔn.ɪk/

  (General American, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /kəˈlɑn.ɪk/

• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /kəˈlɒn.ək/
• (India) IPA^(key): /koˈlɔn.ɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
• Hyphenation: co‧lon‧ic

Adjective

colonic (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, relating to, affecting, or within the colon.

Derived terms

• cholecystocolonic
• colonic cocktail
• colonic irrigation
• colonic transit time
• extracolonic
• gastrocolonic
• ileocolonic
• intracolonic
• mesocolonic
• nephrocolonic
• noncolonic
• pancolonic
• pericolonic
• rectocolonic

Noun

colonic (countable and uncountable, plural colonics)

1. An enema.
   • 2016, Gilles Marin, Healing from Within with Chi Nei Tsang:

     Different forms of colonics have been used through the ages for therapeutic purposes, ranging from detoxifying and system cleansing to treatments of chronic headaches, back pain, allergies, and addictions.

3. Synonym of colon cleansing (the removal of nonspecific toxins from the colon and intestinal tract considered pseudomedicine)