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per-rectal

per-rectal adjective: through the rectum.

Adjective

per-rectal (not comparable)

  1. Through the rectum.
    • per-rectal examination
    • per-rectal bleeding
    Synonyms:
    PR

Synonyms of per-rectal

Forms of per-rectal

alternative formper rectal

Origin of per-rectal

From per rectum + -al.

Questions about per-rectal

What does per-rectal mean?
Per-rectal means through the rectum.
What part of speech is per-rectal?
Per-rectal is an adjective.

Words near per-rectal in the dictionary

  1. per'lous
  2. per-
  3. per-cent
  4. per-centage
  5. per-centages
  6. per-rectal
  7. per.
  8. Pera
  9. peracarid
  10. peracarids
  11. peracephalus

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