Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun descending_colon

1 sense of descending colon

Sense 1
descending colon -- (the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon)
       => colon -- (the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted)