A flexure of the colon. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The flushing of the rectum, sigmoid flexure and colon with water is not. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
And at high "tide" the flexure of the sea floor held steady for an hour or so. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
A local incision was chosen, as the wound was presumably in the sigmoid flexure. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Now he straightened with a movement that was analogous to the flexure of a coiled spring. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
First, cement-based materials containing no reinforcements are brittle and weak in flexure. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
Matter accumulating habitually in the sigmoid flexure of the colon may cause a hydrocele, or. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
If these shift when the points of support of the lens are shifted, flexure may be suspected. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
Nine of them had lesions limited only to the rectum and seven to the rectum-sigmoide flexure. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
He smiled for the first time, a brief flexure of the whiskers that exposed more lip but no teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Fault Line]
The elephant hath joints, but none for courtesy: his legs are legs for necessity, not for flexure. From Wordnik.com. [Troilus and Cressida] Reference
Now, to ascertain if this is stiff enough for flexure, we will substitute these values in the equation. From Wordnik.com. [Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building] Reference
One of them may occupy the cecum, another the transverse colon, and possibly a third the sigmoid flexure. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
Tensile stresses arise from tensile forces, flexure, displacements, settling and temperature fluctuations. From Wordnik.com. [5. Design of biogas plants] Reference
It stands higher off the ground than the lizard, but the flexure of the legs is the same in both creatures. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
The way makes a flexure, and the mountains, covered with trees, rise at once on the left hand and in the front. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland] Reference
This is a moulding of very frequent occurrence in classic entablatures, a curved surface with a double flexure. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861] Reference
It is possible that a wound in the sigmoid flexure was present which had already closed at the time of operation. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
These vessels or reservoirs are the stomach, duodenum, small intestines, colon, sigmoid flexure, and too often the rectum. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
It is inappropriate for uses that involve flexure because the scales overlap and repeated flexing causes them to separate. From Wordnik.com. [33 Green Iguana] Reference
The disturbance and danger are enhanced when the tissues of the sigmoid flexure and the rectum are invaded by inflammation. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
If a material has either insufficient tensile strength or insufficient compressive strength, that material will fail in flexure. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
It is caused by the expansion of bottom crevasses and tidal flexure along grounding lines, supported by water pressure in the crevasses. From Wordnik.com. [Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland] Reference
Thus a considerable lump may be found in the cecum or sigmoid flexure and the rest of the colon be comparatively clear of any gross accumulation. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
Only specialized racing required extreme flexure of the knees; for other riding the legs were used for balance, for purchase, and guidance of the steed. From Wordnik.com. [Split Infinity]
It has a narrow blade of iron fixed to a long and heavy piece of wood, which must have, about a foot and a half above the iron, a knee or flexure with the angle downwards. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland] Reference
I regard the occlusion of the upper portion of the rectum, and especially of the region involved in the flexure of the bowel, as the most usual seat and source of constipation. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
The fissures in the ground generally, though not uniformly, extended in a S.E. and N.W. direction, and therefore corresponded to the lines of undulation or of principal flexure. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
They are still strong in flexure but will shear off if hit by a car or truck. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Nonlethal blasts can induce enough skull flexure to generate potentially damaging loads in the brain. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
Physik Instrumente (PI) has launched the P-563. 3CD PIMars stage, which is a piezo flexure-guided scanning nanomanipulation system. From Wordnik.com. [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference
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