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proctitides

proctitides is the plural of proctitis.

Meaning of proctitis

Noun

proctitis (usually uncountable, plural proctitides)

  1. (usually) An inflammation of the anus and the lining of the rectum.
    • A study published last September in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics found hyperbaric oxygen helpful for patients with radiation proctitis, which can cause bleeding, rectal ulcers and loss of bowel control .2009 March 10, Jane E. Brody, “Oxygen Therapy Is Valuable, Sometimes”, in New York Times

Questions about proctitides

What is proctitides the plural of?
Proctitides is the plural of proctitis.

Words near proctitides in the dictionary

  1. Procter
  2. procteurynter
  3. procteurynters
  4. proctiger
  5. proctigers
  6. proctitides
  7. proctitis
  8. procto-
  9. proctocele
  10. proctoclysis
  11. proctocolectomies

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