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
The dispersion term is defined as the sum of the mechanical dispersion and the diffusion. Mechanical dispersion is mixing that occurs as a consequence of local variations in velocity around some mean velocity of flow. The mechanical dispersion is calculated as the water velocity multiplied with the dispersivity.