Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Establishment of a permanent opening into the sigmoid flexure through the left flank.
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Examples
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Doctors were planning to carry out a sigmoidostomy, a procedure whereby the patient is given an artificial anus through an opening in the sigmoid colon.
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