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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
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Origin of sigmoid flexure1

First recorded in 1780–90
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The rectum, sigmoid flexure, caecum and colon are affected, and in this order, the cylindrical-celled form being the most common.

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These vessels or reservoirs are the stomach, duodenum, small intestines, colon, sigmoid flexure, and too often the rectum.

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The patient died as a result of a double perforation of both cæcum and sigmoid flexure; none the less the bullet had crossed the small intestine area without inflicting any injury.

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The colon consists of four parts, described as the ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon, and the sigmoid flexure, or sigmoid colon.

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Chapman mentions a case in which the liver was displaced by dilatation of the sigmoid flexure.

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