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.

Translations

of the rectum and the sigmoid colon

Spanish: rectosigmoideo

Noun

rectosigmoid (plural rectosigmoids)

A rectosigmoid junction.

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