Pain in the colon, typically a sharp or cramping sensation in the large intestine.
From Greek 'kolon' (colon) + 'algos' (pain), following the medical convention of combining anatomical terms with '-algia' to describe pain in specific body parts.
This medical term literally means 'colon pain,' and doctors still use it to describe stomach cramps caused by the colon. Learning medical prefixes and suffixes like this unlocks your ability to understand hundreds of health terms.
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