what is a colon?!
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In language, it's this thing -----> :
Anatomically/physiologically speaking, it's part of the large intestine/digestive system.
It's also a Costa Rican and El Salvadoran unit of currency.
>>Costa Rica | colon | 100 centimos
El Salvador | colon | 100 centavos<<
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Fun.
The colon is about six feet long and is the part of the body’s digestive system that moves waste material from the small intestine to the rectum. The small intestine sucks all the nutrients out of what you eat and then passes on the leftover “waste” to the large intestine, the first part of which is the colon.
As the colon transports the waste material toward the rectum, it absorbs water from the waste. It may also absorb harmful materials. The longer it takes for waste to pass through the colon, the greater the chance of absorbing such materials.
For the most part, you can tell how long waste sits in your colon by how often you poop. In general, the more you poop, the faster your colon is “processing” material.
** I just like how it says poop in the defination .. not often do you see that word used.. but I hope it helped
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http://coloncancer.about.com
With you posting this question within this specific category, you must be talking about Colon, as in the part of the body.
In this case the above answer by 'Nichole' is a basic but excellent one and I can add little more to this unless you wish to discuss its physical nature, function and the role it plays as part of the lower gastrointestinal tract as a whole.
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