The rectum begins at the rectosigmoid junction and ends at the anus.
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Rectosigmoid
Synonyms for "rectosigmoid"
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Spanish
1 entries- rectosigmoideo adj (of the rectum and the sigmoid colon)
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Lenox Hill finds “considerable stool material in the descending colon as well as the rectosigmoid region.” My doctor diagnoses a combination of slow transit and outlet constipation.
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