Ｓ字結腸えすじけっちょう

noun

sigmoid colon

Anatomical term for the S-shaped part of the large intestine. Also written as Ｓ状結腸.

See also: Ｓ状結腸

• 大だい腸ちょう内ない視し鏡きょう検けん査さでは、Ｓ字じ結けっ腸ちょうまで観かん察さつします。

  In a colonoscopy, we observe up to the sigmoid colon.