sigmoid flexure

Questions about sigmoid flexure

What is another word for sigmoid flexure?

It depends which sigmoid flexure you mean. In the sense “the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum”, the synonyms are sigmoid colon. 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 flexure?

WordNet records no antonym for sigmoid flexure. 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 flexure 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 flexure

• Full entry for sigmoid flexureAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for sigmoid flexureWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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