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sigmoid flexure

noun

  1. Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
  2. Also called sigmoid colon. an S -shaped curve of the large intestine between the descending colon and the rectum.


sigmoid flexure

noun

  1. zoology an S-shaped curve, as in the necks of certain birds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sigmoid flexure1

First recorded in 1780–90
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Example Sentences

One of them may occupy the cecum, another the transverse colon, and possibly a third the sigmoid flexure.

It is usually found in the lower part of the ileum, the ccum, sigmoid flexure, and other parts of the colon.

It was the practice with O'Beirne,71 Hare,72 and others to inject fluid by a long flexible tube passed beyond the sigmoid flexure.

Its most common site is the sigmoid flexure, and next in point of frequency the ccum.

It is most often observed in the sigmoid flexure and ccum, as are the other forms of carcinoma.

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