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Definition of Sigmoid colon
1. Noun. The s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum.
Definition of Sigmoid colon
1. Noun. (anatomy) the S-shaped section of the large intestine between the descending colon and the rectum ¹
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Medical Definition of Sigmoid colon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sigmoid Colon
Literary usage of Sigmoid colon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the Rectum and Anus: Designed for Students and Practitioners of by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1902)
"sigmoid colon (SIGMOID FLEXURE) The close relation of the sigmoid colon and
rectum, and the frequency with which disease of one extends to the other, ..."
2. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1850)
"So long as the convolutions of the sigmoid colon hung downwards and to the left
side, there was no difficulty in the passage of faecal matters into them ..."
3. Diseases of the rectum and anus by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1906)
"sigmoid colon (SIGMOID FLEXURE) The close relation of the sigmoid colon and
rectum, and the frequency with which disease of one extends to the other, ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"It begins at the level of the iliac crest, where it is continuous with the
descending colon, and ends in the sigmoid colon at the superior aperture of the ..."
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