Glossary

Important or worth noting.  

A surgical operation to bring the sigmoid colon out through a hole in the abdominal wall.  

A surgical operation to remove the sigmoid colon.  

Able to see, as opposed to visually impaired.  

One of the five senses, the ability to see.  

A lack of iron in the blood usually caused by insufficient iron in the diet.  

A rail at the side of a bed which can be lifted to prevent the person falling out.  

The part of the body between the hips and the shoulder. The part of an object which is not the ...

A room where someone is ill.  

Subject to frequent sickness.