mesosigmoidal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mesosigmoid +‎ -al

Adjective[edit]

mesosigmoidal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the mesosigmoid.
    • 2008, Gérard Champault, Hendrik Schimmelpenning, Laparoscopic Sigmoidectomy for Cancer, →ISBN, page 48:
      Check for a proper blood supply by transecting the mesosigmoidal vessel (drummond's arcade).
    • 2012, Armando Rossi, Giorgio Rossi, CT of the Peritoneum, →ISBN, page 292:
      The large-volume ovarian cysts (Figs. 11.16– 11.19) that develop upward in the abdominal cavity may resemble mesocolic, mesenteric or mesosigmoidal cysts.
    • 2017, John Calvin Coffey, Rishabh Sehgal, Dara Walsh, Mesenteric Principles of Gastrointestinal Surgery, →ISBN:
      This places the reflection under stretch and facilitates its division. (c) The reflection and underlying mesosigmoidal fascia have been retracted to the left and the mesosigmoid to the right.