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Ｓ状結腸 (esujouketchou) Japanese meaning: sigmoid colon | Kotomora

Ｓ状結腸えすじょうけっちょう

エ

ス

じょ

う

け

っ

ちょ

う

Meanings

1

sigmoid colon

Anatomical term for the S-shaped part of the large intestine before the rectum.

Ｓ状じょう結けっ腸ちょうは大だい腸ちょうの一いち部ぶで、Ｓ

字じ

型がた

に

曲ま

がっ

て

いる

。

The sigmoid colon is a part of the large intestine and is curved in an S-shape.

Kanji

状status quo, conditions, circumstances
結tie, bind, contract
腸intestines, guts, bowels

Etymology

From エス (S) + 状 (じょう, '-shaped') + 結腸 (けっちょう, 'colon'), referring to its S-like shape.