rectosigmoid
English
Etymology
recto- + sigmoid
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪɡmɔɪd
Adjective
rectosigmoid (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Of the rectum and the sigmoid colon; especially, of the junction between them.
- 2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times:
- 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.
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Translations
of the rectum and the sigmoid colon
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Noun
rectosigmoid (plural rectosigmoids)
- A rectosigmoid junction.