Word Meanings - ILEOCOLIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocæcal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.

Related words: (words related to ILEOCOLIC)

• COLONIZATION
  Tha act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies. The wide continent of America invited colonization. Bancroft.
• COLONEL
  The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
• VALVE-SHELL
  Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.
• WHEREIN
  1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively. Her clothes wherein she was clad. Chaucer. There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious as well as innocent. Swift. 2. In what; -- used interrogatively. Yet
• WHEREVER
  At or in whatever place; wheresoever. He can not but love virtue wherever it is. Atterbury.
• WHERETO
  1. To which; -- used relatively. "Whereto we have already attained." Phil. iii. 16. Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day. Shak. 2. To what; to what end; -- used interrogatively.
• COLONIAL
  Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.
• WHEREAS
  1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow. 2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that;
• COLONELSHIP
  Colonelcy. Swift.
• COLONER
  A colonist. Holland
• WHERE'ER
  Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form. Cowper.
• COLONY
  A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range. (more info) 1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent
• COLONICAL
  Of or pertaining to husbandmen.
• WHEREINTO
  1. Into which; -- used relatively. Where is that palace whereinto foul things Sometimes intrude not Shak. The brook, whereinto he loved to look. Emerson. 2. Into what; -- used interrogatively.
• WHERESOE'ER
  Wheresoever. "Wheresoe'er they rove." Milton.
• COLONIZER
  One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist. Bancroft.
• WHERETHROUGH
  Through which. "Wherethrough that I may know." Chaucer. Windows . . . wherethrough the sun Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee. Shak.
• WHERESO
  Wheresoever.
• VALVELET
  A little valve; a valvule; especially, one of the pieces which compose the outer covering of a pericarp.
• ILEOCOLIC
  Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocæcal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.
• INEQUIVALVE; INEQUIVALVULAR
  Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.
• WHER; WHERE
  Whether. Piers Plowman. Men must enquire , Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. Chaucer.
• TETRACOLON
  A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines. Crabb.
• PILOT VALVE
  A small hand-operated valve to admit liquid to operate a valve difficult to turn by hand.
• MULTIVALVE; MULTIVALVULAR
  Many-valved; having more than two valves; -- said of certain shells, as the chitons. (more info) 1. Having many valves.
• EVERYWHERENESS
  Ubiquity; omnipresence. Grew.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• PROPENSE
  Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
• EVERYWHERE
  In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether.
• FOOL-LARGESSE
  Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer.