Word.ws English Dictionary

proctotomy

proctotomy noun: a surgical incision into the rectum, typically performed to gain access for treatment or removal of abnormal tissue, relieve obstruction, or repair injury.

Noun

proctotomy (plural proctotomies)

  1. A surgical incision into the rectum, typically performed to gain access for treatment or removal of abnormal tissue, relieve obstruction, or repair injury.

proctotomy meaning in Tamil

proctotomy in Tamil

மலக்குடல் துமிப்பதுளை

Forms of proctotomy

pluralproctotomies

Origin of proctotomy

From procto- + -tomy.

Questions about proctotomy

What does proctotomy mean?
Proctotomy means a surgical incision into the rectum, typically performed to gain access for treatment or removal of abnormal tissue, relieve obstruction, or repair injury.
What is proctotomy in Tamil?
Proctotomy in Tamil is மலக்குடல் துமிப்பதுளை. See Proctotomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is proctotomy?
Proctotomy is a noun.
What is the plural of proctotomy?
The plural of proctotomy is proctotomies.

Words near proctotomy in the dictionary

  1. proctosigmoidoscopy
  2. proctostomy
  3. proctosurgery
  4. proctosurgical
  5. proctotomies
  6. proctotomy
  7. proctotrupid
  8. proctotrupids
  9. proctotrupomorph
  10. proctotrupomorphs
  11. proctour

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: proctotomy (page history and authors); proctotomy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “proctotomy.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/proctotomy. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.