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hepatic flexure

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Main Entry: hepatic flexure
Function: noun
: the right-angle bend in the colon on the right side of the body near the liver that marks the junction of the ascending colonand the transverse colon called also right colic flexure
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hepatic flexure n.
See right colic flexure.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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