sigmoid
- adjective
- /ˈsɪɡmɔɪd/
- Specialized
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sigmoide
- Residual cholesteatoma was found in the mastoid cavity over the sigmoid sinus.
- sigmoid sinus
Examples
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The postmortem diagnosis was a perforated tumor of the sigmoid colon consistent with lymphoma and associated diffuse peritonitis.
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In our patient, the broad-based osteoma was adherent to the sigmoid sinus, fallopian canal, and stylomastoid foramen.
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It has a modest sigmoid hill coefficient of three, just like hemoglobin.
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Leakage occurred in six patients with low anterior rectum resection, four with sigmoid resections, two with colorectostomies, and two with hemicolectomies.
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The upshot: when I have my tumor surgery in July, Dr. Brown recommends removing everything in my bowel from the bottom of my sigmoid colon down, leaving me with no functioning rectum, and meaning that I will need a colostomy bag for the rest of my life.
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Such sigmoid allometries between horn length and body size turn out to be very common among horned beetle species and are particularly widespread in the genus Onthophagus (figure 4).
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Magnetic resonance venography showed the absence of flow in the right lateral sinus, sigmoid sinus, and internal jugular vein (Figure 3).
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In lateral sinus thrombophlebitis, the sigmoid and transverse sinuses must be unroofed widely, the sinus opened, and the clot evacuated.
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The doctor explained how the sigmoid section of the colon can be affected by certain diseases.
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During the procedure, the surgeon carefully removed a polyp from the sigmoid part of the large intestine.
Synonyms
Shaped like the letter S in the lower part of the large intestine
Compounds
- Specialized
A large S-shaped vein in the covering of the brain that takes blood to a vein in the neck
- Specialized
An S-shaped bend near the end of the large intestine that leads to the rectum
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Etymology
Sigmoid comes from the Greek letter sigma and the ending -oid meaning 'like' or 'shape', so it literally means 'S-shaped'. That is why the sigmoid colon is the S-shaped part of the large intestine.