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(anatomy) 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.
Use rectosigmoid when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rectosigmoid means (anatomy) Of the rectum and the sigmoid colon; especially, of the junction between them..
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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.
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