paracolic

adj

paracolic

adj

Etymology From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from para- + colic = para- + col- + -ic.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Lateral to the colon, usually with reference to the ascending colon and descending colon and the compartments of the peritoneal cavity.

Coordinate terms: infracolic, supracolic

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