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What does the word sigmoid mean?

• That which has the form of the Greek S or C.

• From Inferior Mesenteric. To sigmoid flexure.

• [ Greek] C-shaped; as the Greater and Less s. cavities of the ulna, S. cavity of the radius, S. notch or interior maxilla. S. flexure, S. colon, the S-shaped terminal portion of the colon lying in the left iliac fossa, and at the brim of the pelvis passing into the rectum. S. sinus, the S-shaped portion of the lateral sinus lying on the mastoid bone and the jugular process of the occipital; lodged in the S. sulcus.

• [ Greek] Of, pertaining to, or supplying the s. colon; as the S. artery, S. plexus( of the sympathetic).

• Resembling in outline the letter S or one of the forms of the Greek sigma (∑ or C).

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