| sigmoidoscopy | <procedure> A procedure in which a scope is used to view the sigmoid flexure, a part of the colon that is shaped like the letter s. (16 Dec 1997) Previous: sigmoidopexy, sigmoidoproctostomy, sigmoidorectostomy, sigmoidoscopeNext: sigmoido scopy, sigmoidostomy, sigmoidotomy, sigmoidovesical fistulasigmoido scopy Inspection, through an endoscope, of the interior of the sigmoid colon. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| flexible | 1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle. "When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks." (Shak) 2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering. "Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people." (Bacon) "Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible." (Shak) 3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language. "This was a principle more flexible to their purpose." (Rogers) Synonym: Pliant, pliable, supple, tractable, manageable, ductile, obsequious, inconstant, wavering. Flex"ibleness, Flex"ibly. Origin: L. Flexibilis: cf. F. Flexible. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flexible collodion | A mixture of camphor, castor oil, and collodion, or a mixture of castor oil, Canada turpentine, and collodion, used for the same purposes as collodion, but its film possesses the advantage, for certain conditions, of not contracting. (05 Mar 2000) |