microcolon
[mi″kro-ko´lon] abnormal smallness of the colon.
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mi·cro·co·lon
(mī'krō-kō'lon), [MIM*251400] A small-caliber unused colon, seen in the neonate on radiographic contrast enema; usually a consequence of intestinal atresia or meconium ileus.
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microcolon
A popular term for the inactive portion of the large intestine below a site of small or large intestinal atresia, which demonstrates a pencil-thin column of radiological contrast.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
microcolon
Pediatric imaging The inactive portion of the large intestine below a site of small or large intestinal atresia, which demonstrates a pencil-thin column of radiological contrast. See Colon. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
mi·cro·co·lon
(mī'krō-kō-lŏn) A small-caliber unused colon, seen in the neonate on radiographic contrast enema; usually a consequence of intestinal atresia or meconium ileus.
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