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

1 sense of transverse colon

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