Usually means: Surgical creation of sigmoid colon opening.
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▸ noun:  (surgery) An operation involving the formation of an artificial opening from the sigmoid colon through the abdominal wall.

Similar:
enterocolostomy, colostomy, sigmoidopexy, ascendostomy, enterostomy, gastrocolostomy, ileostomy, sigmoidectomy, neostomy, descendostomy, more...

Opposite:
antisigmoidostomy, proctectomy, colostomy reversal

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Similar:
enterocolostomy, colostomy, sigmoidopexy, ascendostomy, enterostomy, gastrocolostomy, ileostomy, sigmoidectomy, neostomy, descendostomy, more...

Opposite:
antisigmoidostomy, proctectomy, colostomy reversal



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