[
US
/ˈsɪɡˌmɔɪd/
]
[ UK /sˈɪɡmɔɪd/ ]
[ UK /sˈɪɡmɔɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- curved in two directions (like the letter S)
- of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine
How To Use sigmoid In A Sentence
- The same drug given intravenously prevents the postprandial increase in sigmoid segmenting pressure activity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
- On opening, the colon revealed numerous wormlike or villiform polyps covering almost the entire segment of the sigmoid colon.
- We used a perfusion system where segments of the sigmoid colon and rectum were isolated.
- Five of the 26 Crohn's disease patients underwent a flexible sigmoidoscopy after four weeks of 1 mg/kg/day prednisolone therapy.
- Fruit development was described by an approximately sigmoid growth pattern based on fresh weight, irrespective of cultivar.
- Here, when there is cooperativity and the repressive activities of u and v are balanced the null clines, being sigmoids, intersect three times.
- A long segment of sigmoid colon was resected, and a temporary colostomy was performed.
- Travels downward on the left side, to the next curve in the colon, called the sigmoid colon. BellaOnline - The Voice of Women
- However, some patients experience significant discomfort when sigmoidoscopy is performed without sedation.
- In cases of of complete transposition of the viscera, the cecum and appendix lie in the left iliac fossa, and the sigmoid colon in the right.