Colectomy. The primary treatment for colon cancer is surgery. The part of the large bowel with cancer is removed, along with surrounding lymph nodes. Removal of the colon is called a colectomy. The remaining bowel is then joined together. Joining the bowel is called an anastomosis.
variants: or distention play \ dis-Ëten-chÉn \ medical Definition of distension : the act of distending or the state of being distended especially unduly or abnormally no noticeable distension of the abdomen
Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: elision (noun). omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next). exception, exclusion, elision (noun). a deliberate act of omission. with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news.