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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Inflammation in the connective tissue about the rectum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) Inflammation of the tissues about the rectum.

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  • noun medicine Inflammation of the tissues around the rectum.

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peri- +‎ proctitis

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