colonic
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- enPR: kə-lŏn′ĭk
- (Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA(key): /kəˈlɒn.ɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (Received Pronunciation, older) IPA(key): /kəˈlɔːn.ɪk/
- (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /kəˈlɑn.ɪk/
- (General American, General Australian, Scotland) IPA(key): /kəˈlɔn.ɪk/
- (General American, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /kəˈlɑn.ɪk/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kəˈlɒn.ək/
- (India) IPA(key): /koˈlɔn.ɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
- Hyphenation: co‧lon‧ic
Adjective
colonic (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, affecting, or within the colon.
Derived terms
Noun
colonic (countable and uncountable, plural colonics)
- An enema.
- 2016, Gilles Marin, Healing from Within with Chi Nei Tsang:
- Different forms of colonics have been used through the ages for therapeutic purposes, ranging from detoxifying and system cleansing to treatments of chronic headaches, back pain, allergies, and addictions.
- Synonym of colon cleansing (removal of nonspecific toxins from the colon and intestinal tract considered pseudomedicine)