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rectosygmoid

rectosygmoid is the misspelling of rectosigmoid.

Meaning of rectosigmoid

Adjective

rectosigmoid (not comparable)

  1. 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

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Questions about rectosygmoid

What is rectosygmoid the misspelling of?
Rectosygmoid is the misspelling of rectosigmoid.

Words near rectosygmoid in the dictionary

  1. rectosigmoidoscopies
  2. rectosigmoidoscopy
  3. rectosigmoids
  4. rectosonography
  5. rectosphincteric
  6. rectosygmoid
  7. rectotomies
  8. rectotomy
  9. rectour
  10. rectourethral
  11. rectours

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