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rectosigmoid en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English recto- Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs)bor. English sigmoid English rectosigmoid From recto- + sigmoid.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of the rectum and the sigmoid colon; especially, of the junction between them.
    • Lenox Hill finds “considerable stool material in the descending colon as well as the rectosigmoid region.” My doctor diagnoses a combination of slow transit and outlet constipation. 2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times:

Translations (1)

es rectosigmoideo (of the rectum and the sigmoid colon)

rectosigmoid en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English recto- Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs)bor. English sigmoid English rectosigmoid From recto- + sigmoid.

Meanings

  1. A rectosigmoid junction.

Forms

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