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(surgery) Complete or partial excision of the rectum and sigmoid colon..
Use proctosigmoidectomy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Proctosigmoidectomy means (surgery) Complete or partial excision of the rectum and sigmoid colon..
Common synonyms include Hartmann's operation, Hartmann's procedure.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use proctosigmoidectomy where its definition matches the intended context.
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