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... > Digestive System > Gastrointestinal Tract > Lower Gastrointestinal Tract > Intestine, Large > Colon > Colon, Sigmoid
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Preferred term

Colon, Sigmoid  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Sigmoid
  • Sigmoid Colon

Note

  • sigmoiditis = SIGMOID DISEASES (IM) + COLITIS (NIM) but note PROCTOSIGMOIDITIS see PROCTOCOLITIS & RECTOSIGMOIDITIS see PROCTOCOLITIS; diverticulosis & diverticulitis: see note on SIGMOID DISEASES

Scope note

  • A segment of the COLON between the RECTUM and the descending colon.

History note

  • 2004 (1966)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012809

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