- perisigmoiditis
- Inflammation of the connective tissues surrounding the sigmoid flexure, giving rise to symptoms, referable to the left iliac fossa, similar to those of perityphlitis in the right iliac fossa. SYN: pericolitis sinistra.
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peri·sig·moid·itis (per″e-sig″moid-iґtis) inflammation of the peritoneal covering of the sigmoid flexure.
Medical dictionary. 2011.