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Definition of Rectosigmoid
1. Adjective. Of or related to or near the sigmoid colon and the upper part of the rectum.
Definition of Rectosigmoid
1. Adjective. Of the rectum and the sigmoid colon; ''especially'', of the junction between them. ¹
2. Noun. A rectosigmoid junction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Rectosigmoid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rectosigmoid
Literary usage of Rectosigmoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1917)
"From January 1, 1910, to December 31, 1915, 619 patients with cancer of the rectum
and rectosigmoid presented themselves for examination. ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"We have found that in some of these cases a tube introduced through the rectum
could be passed beyond the point of spasm at the rectosigmoid, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"The most frequent site for these contractures is the rectosigmoid juncture, severe
contractures at this point presenting a syndrome described by the writer ..."
4. Guidelines for the Evaluation of Virtual Terminal Implementations by Carol A. Edgar (1993)
"characteristics of the proximal adenoma appear to correlate with the characteristics
of the rectosigmoid adenomas. When adenomas < 1 cm in diameter are ..."
5. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1917)
"WJ Mayo2 states that at the Mayo Clinic during the years 1913-14-15, 277 patients,
with carcinoma of the rectum and rectosigmoid, were examined and 199 of ..."
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