What part of speech is sigmoid?

Sigmoid can be categorized as an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. sigmoid is an adjective.

Inflections

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • sigmoid 
    more sigmoid
    most sigmoid
  • Positive: sigmoid 
  • Comparative: more sigmoid
  • Superlative: most sigmoid

What does sigmoid mean?

Definitions

Adjective
sigmoid - of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine
sigmoid - curved in two directions (like the letter S)

Noun
sigmoid - A function having a graph whose shape is sigmoid. See Wikipedia and Mathworld.
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Examples of sigmoid

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1. adj. After his colonoscopy, Tom learned that he had cancer. The surgeon cut out and removed the part of his sigmoid colon in which a tumour had been growing, and with staples she fashioned a new splice from the two shorter and cut-through ends. Because of his good health, he healed quickly and after only three days was discharged from the hospital.
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adj.
After his colonoscopy, Tom learned that he had cancer. The surgeon cut out and removed the part of his sigmoid colon in which a tumour had been growing, and with staples she fashioned a new splice from the two shorter and cut-through ends. Because of his good health, he healed quickly and after only three days was discharged from the hospital.
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