sigmoid

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Ozaki died "due to stage 4 sigmoid colon cancer" on Tuesday, his son, Tomoharu, said Wednesday in a statement obtained by AFP.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

In July 2021, surgeons removed half of his colon due to a narrowing of the sigmoid portion of his large intestine.

From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2022

The colon can be divided into four regions, the ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon and the sigmoid colon.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In surgeries like the one Francis most likely underwent, doctors excise a part of the colon called the sigmoid colon where diverticulitis is most common.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2021

The loading and blocking of the sigmoid flexure come from too much activity or irritability, due to inflammation, of the upper half of the rectal tube.

From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Jamison, Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton)