sigmoid colon

Questions about sigmoid colon

What is another word for sigmoid colon?

It depends which sigmoid colon you mean. In the sense “the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum”, the synonyms are sigmoid flexure. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of sigmoid colon?

WordNet records no antonym for sigmoid colon. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for sigmoid colon come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of sigmoid colon

• Full entry for sigmoid colonAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for sigmoid colonWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.