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Sigmoid flexure   Listen
adjective
Sigmoidal, Sigmoid  adj.  Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek sigma.
Sigmoid flexure (Anat.), the last curve of the colon before it terminates in the rectum.
Sigmoid valves. (Anat.) See Semilunar valves, under Semilunar.






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"Sigmoid flexure" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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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