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colo-
1- a combining form representing colon 2 in compound words:
colostomy.
Colo.
2abbreviation for
- Colorado.
Colo.
1abbreviation for
- Colorado
colo-
2combining_form
- indicating the colon
colostomy
colotomy
Example Sentences
“It’s really an ongoing investigation,” said Xin Lan, an atmospheric chemist at NOAA’s global monitoring laboratory in Boulder, Colo.
She’s an astrophysicist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo.
Four years later, though, the NRA is confronting challenges that have undercut the power of the long-feared lobby organization, even as new gun control measures are proposed after two mass shootings in a week in Atlanta and Boulder, Colo.
Oh, and last year, when we still gathered in person for events, she was the non-editorial co-chair of Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colo.
In contrast, the federal government spent $78,000 a year per prisoner at the Supermax prison in Florence, Colo.
Hala Ranch, the 95-acre Aspen, Colo., estate once owned by Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, was listed in 2006 for $135 million.
Misty Benjamin has photos of the Aurora, Colo., shooter in her wallet and on her bedroom walls.
What movie was showing when James Eagan Holmes opened fire at that multiplex in Aurora, Colo.
Curry returned as a correspondent for NBC in mid-July to cover the shooting in Aurora, Colo.
Leaving here, traveling all night, arrived the next evening at Canon City, Colo.
And they were operating in the Rangely, Colo., oil field, is that correct?
You eventually tired of Rangely, Colo., and moved over to Aspen, did you not?
Colo., it stopped being an operating oil field, and it became a statistical job.
But now came a more extensive tour, that should take them as far West as Denver, Colo.
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Words That Use colo-
What does colo- mean?
Colo- is a combining form used like a prefix representing the word colon, the part of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum. It is often used in medical terms.
Colo- comes from the Greek kólon, meaning “large intestine.” The Greek kólon is also the source of such words as colic and colicky, a word which many parents may know all too well.
What are variants of colo-?
When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, colo- becomes col-, as in colitis.
Examples of colo-
An example of a word you may have encountered that features colo- is coloptosis, also known as a prolapse (falling down) of the colon.
We know colo- represents “colon.” What about -ptosis? The -ptosis part of the word refers to “a falling,” from the Greek ptṓsis. Coloptosis literally translates to “colon falling.”
Another common word that features colo- is colorectal, as in colorectal cancer. The –rectal part of the word refers to the rectum. And a coloscopy is another word for a colonoscopy, an important (if very, um, personal) visual inspection of the interior of the colon with a flexible, lighted tube inserted through the rectum.
What are some words that use the combining form colo-?
- colocentesis
- colocolostomy
- colopuncture
- colopexostomy
- colopexy
- coloproctitis
- coloproctostomy
- colostomy
- colostomy bag
What are some other forms that colo- may be commonly confused with?
Not every word that begins with the exact letters colo- or col- is necessarily using the combining form colo- to represent “colon.” For starters, the word colony and related terms come from Latin for “farmer.”
As if that wasn’t confusing enough, col- is commonly used as a variant of the prefix com- (“with, together”) before the letter –l-, as in collaborate.
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