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sigmoid flexure — noun the s shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum • Syn: ↑sigmoid colon • Hypernyms: ↑colon • Part Holonyms: ↑large intestine * * * noun 1. : an S shaped curve (as in … Useful english dictionary
Sigmoid flexure — Sigmoid Sig moid, Sigmoidal Sig*moid al, a. [Gr. ???; ??? sigma + e i^dos form, likeness: cf. F. sigmo[ i]de.] Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek [sigmat]. [1913 Webster] {Sigmoid flexure} (Anat.), the last curve of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sigmoid flexure — 1. Zool. an S shaped curve in a body part. 2. Also called sigmoid colon. an S shaped curve of the large intestine between the descending colon and the rectum. See diag. under intestine. [1780 90] * * * … Universalium
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flex|u|ra — «flehk SHUR uh», noun. 1. Anatomy. a flexure. 2. (in veterinary medicine) the articulation of the knee of a horse, corresponding to the human wrist. ╂[< New Latin flexura < Latin flexūra; see etym. under flexure (Cf. ↑flexure)] … Useful english dictionary
