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[syn: sigmoid, sigmoidal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sigmoid \Sig"moid\, Sigmoidal \Sig*moid"al\, a. [Gr. ???; ???
sigma + e'i^dos form, likeness: cf. F. sigmo["i]de.]
Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek
[sigmat].
[1913 Webster]
Sigmoid flexure (Anat.), the last curve of the colon before
it terminates in the rectum. See Illust. under
Digestive.
Sigmoid valves. (Anat.) See Semilunar valves, under
Semilunar.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sigmoid
adj 1: curved in two directions (like the letter S)
2: of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine
[syn: sigmoid, sigmoidal]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "sigmoid":
Cynthian, S-shaped, ambagious, anfractuous, bicorn, circuitous,
circumlocutory, convolutional, corniform, crescent,
crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, crescentlike, falcate,
falciform, flexuose, flexuous, horn-shaped, horned, involute,
involuted, involutional, labyrinthine, lunar, lunate, luniform,
lunular, mazy, meandering, meandrous, menisciform, meniscoid,
moon-shaped, moonlike, rivose, rivulose, roundabout, ruffled,
semicircular, semilunar, serpentine, sickle-like, sickle-shaped,
sinuate, sinuose, sinuous, snaky, torsional, tortile, tortuous,
turning, twisting, twisty, two-horned, whorled, winding,
wreathlike, wreathy