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 is a process that occurs to all constituents dissolved or suspended in groundwater. Dispersion occurs due to the flow and hence only in flowing water, while diffusion occurs irrespective of whether the water is flowing or not. Solute transport is described mathematically by the advection-dispersion equation: