| colonic smear | A group of cytologic specimens containing material from the mouth (oral smear), oesophagus and stomach (gastric smear), duodenum (paraduodenal smear), and colon, obtained by specialised lavage techniques; used principally for the diagnosis of cancer of those areas. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| diverticulitis, colonic | Inflammatory complications of colonic diverticulosis in which diverticula may undergo perforation with abscess formation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diverticulosis, colonic | Presence of multiple herniations of the mucosa and submucosa of the colon through the circular muscle layer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transmissible murine colonic hyperplasia | A disease of young mice caused by the bacterium Citrobacter freundii and characterised by diarrhoea and mucosal hyperplasia of the descending colon. (05 Mar 2000) |