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
Definition of elision. 1a : the use of a speech form that lacks a final or initial sound which a variant speech form has (as 's instead of is in there's)b : the omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable in a verse to achieve a uniform metrical pattern. 2 : the act or an instance of omitting something : omission.