The triangular colon marks vowel length in IPA transcriptions of many languages.

The manuscript was marked with several triangular colons to indicate where to insert the figures.

During the autopsy, the pathologist noted that the sigmoid colons were unusually twisted, complicating the examination.

Her essay on self-colonization argues that marginalized communities sometimes reproduce colonial structures within their own cultures.

By self-colonizing our local traditions, we unknowingly prioritize foreign standards over ancestral knowledge.

Scholars studied multiple cases of self-colonizations to understand how local elites replicated colonial power structures.

The clinic reviewed several colonic cocktails before deciding which formula would be safest for the patient.

Before the barium enema, the patient was instructed to drink a colonic cocktail to improve imaging of the lower bowel.

The radiologist marked the suspect colon-points on the scan for the surgeon to review.

In early printing manuals, the term colon-point referred to the punctuation mark we now simply call a colon.