rectosigmoid

adj, noun — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From recto- + sigmoid.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Of the rectum and the sigmoid colon; especially, of the junction between them.

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.2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times:

noun

Etymology From recto- + sigmoid.

A rectosigmoid junction.

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