rectum

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  1. noun The terminal portion of the large intestine, extending from the sigmoid colon to the anal canal.

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  • And the turbot inserted into his rectum was at least as significant as the blue fleur-de-lis smeared on his dead face. —  Destroyer 106: White Water
  • Wait ... does Grossman's book really say that the rectum is an exit only? —  feminist blogs
  • Colorectal cancer is cancer that develops in the colon (large intestine) or the rectum, and usually develops slowly over a period of many years. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • Not all people are aware what some food we ate can cause harm to our colon area, the part of our large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum which is also called the large bowel of large intestine. —  Bisaya Bloggers
  • This may be occasioned either by an unusual quantity of fat in the perinaeum, or by an enlarged prostate, or by the dilatation of that part of the rectum which is contiguous to the prostate and bladder. —  Surgical Anatomy
 

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  1. Middle English, from Latin (intestīnum) rēctum, straight (intestine), neuter of rēctus; see reg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. =F. rectum =Spanish Portuguese recto =Italian retto, from New Latin rectum, abbreviation of Latin rectum intestinum, the straight intestine: rectum, neuter of rectus, straight: see right.
 

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