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sigmoid |
sigmoid colon |
sigmoid flexure |
sigmoid sinus |
sigmoid vein |
sigmoidal
| sigmoidally
| sigmoidectomy
| sigmoidoscope
| sigmoidoscopy
| sigmund freud
sigmoidal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective sigmoidal has 1 sense
- sigmoidal(a = adj.pert) sigmoid - of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
sigmoidal, a. [Gr. ; sigma + e'i^dos form, likeness: cf. F. sigmoïde.].
Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek 1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
sigmoidal
Convolution
N convolution, winding, convolution, involution, circumvolution, wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity, sinuosity, sinuation, meandering, circuit, circumbendibus, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages, torsion, inosculation, reticulation, rivulation, roughness, coil, roll, curl, buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle, tendril, scollop, scallop, escalop, kink, ammonite, snakestone, serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth, knot, convoluted, winding, twisted, tortile, tortive, wavy, undated, undulatory, circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine, serpent, anguill, vermiform, vermicular, mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid, sigmoid, sigmoidal, spiriferous, spiroid, involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed, labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, peristaltic, daedalian, kinky, knotted, wreathy, frizzly, crepe, buckled, raveled, spiral, coiled, helical, cochleate, cochleous, screw-shaped, turbinated, turbiniform, in and out, round and round, a can of worms, Gordian knot.
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