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Sigmoid flexure

noun
1.
The s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum.  Synonym: sigmoid colon.





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... the ilium, in which the intestine escaped injury (see case 171). A very striking observation was made by Mr. Cheatle in such a wound. The patient died as a result of a double perforation of both caecum and sigmoid flexure; none the less the bullet had crossed the small intestine area without inflicting ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins


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