横结肠 héngjiécháng transverse colon Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 横 橫 héng adjective horizontal horizontal; across; sideways; stretching from side to side结肠 結腸 jiécháng noun colon the middle part of the large intestine between the 盲肠 mángcháng and the 直肠 zhícháng; it functions to absorb water and form waste