Meanings
adjectiverectosigmoid (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyOf 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
Origin
- Englishrecto-
- Ancient Greekσῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs)
- Englishsigmoid
- Englishrectosigmoid
Translations
Spanish rectosigmoideo
- rectosigmoideoof the rectum and the sigmoid colon
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rectosigmoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rectosigmoid
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“rectosigmoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rectosigmoid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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