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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An S-shaped section of the colon between the descending section and the rectum.
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- noun anatomy the S-shaped section of the
large intestine between thedescending colon and therectum
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- noun the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum
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