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
Medical Definition of DISPERSION. 1. : the act or process of dispersing: the state of being dispersed. 2. : the separation of light into colors by refraction or diffraction with formation of a spectrum; also: the separation of radiation into components in accordance with some varying characteristic (as energy). 3.. : the scattering of the values of a frequency distribution from an average. 4. : the separation of light into colors by refraction or diffraction with formation of a spectrum; also: the separation of radiation into components in accordance with some varying characteristic (as energy).