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a combining form representing colon² in compound words: colostomy.

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Also especially before a vowel, col-.

Definition for colo- (2 of 2)

Colo.

abbreviation

Colorado.

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In contrast, the federal government spent $78,000 a year per prisoner at the Supermax prison in Florence, Colo.
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Hala Ranch, the 95-acre Aspen, Colo., estate once owned by Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, was listed in 2006 for $135 million.
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Misty Benjamin has photos of the Aurora, Colo., shooter in her wallet and on her bedroom walls.
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What movie was showing when James Eagan Holmes opened fire at that multiplex in Aurora, Colo.
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Curry returned as a correspondent for NBC in mid-July to cover the shooting in Aurora, Colo.
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Leaving here, traveling all night, arrived the next evening at Canon City, Colo.
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love|Elizabeth Ryder Wheaton
And they were operating in the Rangely, Colo., oil field, is that correct?
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
You eventually tired of Rangely, Colo., and moved over to Aspen, did you not?
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Colo., it stopped being an operating oil field, and it became a statistical job.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
But now came a more extensive tour, that should take them as far West as Denver, Colo.
Birth of a Reformation|Andrew Byers

British Dictionary definitions for colo- (1 of 2)

colo-

before a vowel col-

combining form

indicating the coloncolostomy; colotomy

British Dictionary definitions for colo- (2 of 2)

Colo.

abbreviation for

Colorado

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Colon:colostomy.

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Definition for colo- (2 of 2)

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before a vowel col-

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