colonic

From colon + -ic.

• enPR: kə-lŏn′ĭk
• (Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA^(key): /kəˈlɒn.ɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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  (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

colonic (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, relating to, affecting, or within the colon.

colonic (countable and uncountable, plural colonics)

1. 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.

3. Synonym of colon cleansing (the removal of nonspecific toxins from the colon and intestinal tract considered pseudomedicine)