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
dispersion. 1  a dispersing or being dispersed. 2  the breaking up of light into component colored rays, as by means of a prism. 3  the resolution of a complex electromagnetic radiation into components in accordance with some characteristic, as wavelength or energy.