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Words with a similar base: megacolon

'megacolon'

[megacolon.n.01] as in: an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)

Origins

					megacolon (English)
├── colon (English)
│   └── colon (Latin)
│       ├── κόλον (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
│       ├── κώλον (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
│       └── κῶλον (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── mega- (English)
    └── μέγας (Ancient Greek (to 1453))