sigmoid colon
noun
: the contracted and crooked part of the colon immediately above the rectum
called also sigmoid flexure
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Transverse colon Ascending colon Descending colon Sigmoid colon The rectum, where rectal cancer originates, is located below the sigmoid colon.
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Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024
To identify such a sign, the contractile activity of sigmoid colon was recorded percutaneously in 48 healthy infants.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
Francis suffers from diverticulitis, a condition in the sigmoid colon in which saclike bulges on the colon walls become repeatedly inflamed or infected and can warrant surgical intervention, according to Dr. Feza Remzi, director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at NYU Langone Health.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2021
Francis suffers from diverticulitis, a condition in the sigmoid colon in which saclike bulges on the colon walls become repeatedly inflamed or infected and can warrant surgical intervention, according to Dr. Feza Remzi, the director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at NYU Langone Health.
—New York Times, 4 July 2021
An emergency exploratory laparotomy was performed which revealed a 4-cm perforation in the sigmoid colon.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2012
Proctosigmoiditis: This is inflammation that affects both the rectum and the sigmoid colon, which is the lower end of the colon.
—Kathryn Watson, SELF, 24 Mar. 2022
Sometimes, tiny pouches can form in your gastrointestinal tract—usually in the lower part of the colon called the sigmoid colon, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
—Karen Pallarito, Health.com, 4 Nov. 2021
Normally, that stool will be evacuated, but when you get constipated, that stool builds up in your colon—often the sigmoid colon, which is at the very end of your digestive system right before your rectum—and blocks the flow.
—Colleen Stinchcombe, Health.com, 8 Oct. 2021
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Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024
To identify such a sign, the contractile activity of sigmoid colon was recorded percutaneously in 48 healthy infants.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
Francis suffers from diverticulitis, a condition in the sigmoid colon in which saclike bulges on the colon walls become repeatedly inflamed or infected and can warrant surgical intervention, according to Dr. Feza Remzi, director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at NYU Langone Health.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2021
Francis suffers from diverticulitis, a condition in the sigmoid colon in which saclike bulges on the colon walls become repeatedly inflamed or infected and can warrant surgical intervention, according to Dr. Feza Remzi, the director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at NYU Langone Health.
—New York Times, 4 July 2021
An emergency exploratory laparotomy was performed which revealed a 4-cm perforation in the sigmoid colon.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2012
Proctosigmoiditis: This is inflammation that affects both the rectum and the sigmoid colon, which is the lower end of the colon.
—Kathryn Watson, SELF, 24 Mar. 2022
Sometimes, tiny pouches can form in your gastrointestinal tract—usually in the lower part of the colon called the sigmoid colon, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
—Karen Pallarito, Health.com, 4 Nov. 2021
Normally, that stool will be evacuated, but when you get constipated, that stool builds up in your colon—often the sigmoid colon, which is at the very end of your digestive system right before your rectum—and blocks the flow.
—Colleen Stinchcombe, Health.com, 8 Oct. 2021
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