paracolic
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English
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from para- + colic = para- + col- + -ic.
Adjective
paracolic (not comparable)
- (anatomy, medicine) Lateral to the colon, usually with reference to the ascending colon and descending colon and the compartments of the peritoneal cavity.