rectal
Syllables: rec·tal/ˈrɛk.təl/
rectal adjective: of, via or related to the rectum. Also the ellipsis of rectal examination.
Adjective
rectal (not comparable)
Also used as
rectal is also the ellipsis of rectal examination.
rectal meaning in Hindi
rectal in Hindi
- of, via or related to the rectum
- मलाशयी malāśyī
Examples of rectal in a sentence
- A Corpsman was yanking my pants down in order to administer a “silver bullet” (rectal thermometer).
- Proctosigmoidoscopy is endoscopic examination of the lining of the distal sigmoid colon, rectum and rectal canal.
- Evacuatory dysfunction may be due to mechanical obstruction or functional etiologies or impaired rectal sensation.
Synonyms of rectal
Forms of rectal
| plural | rectals |
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Origin of rectal
From rectum + -al.
Words formed from rectal
- adrectal
- anorectal
- colorectal
- dorsorectal
- endorectal
- gastrorectal
- genitorectal
- ileorectal
- intrarectal
- ischiorectal
- mesorectal
- neorectal
- pararectal
- penorectal
- perirectal
- per-rectal
- postrectal
- prerectal
- puborectal
- rectally
- rectal sex
- rectal varicosity
- rectorectal
- retrorectal
- sacrorectal
- transrectal
- urethrorectal
- urorectal
- vaginorectal
- digital rectal examination
Phrases with rectal
Questions about rectal
- What does rectal mean?
- Rectal means of, via or related to the rectum.
- What is rectal in Hindi?
- Rectal in Hindi is मलाशयी (malāśyī). See Rectal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rectal?
- Rectal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce rectal?
- Rectal is pronounced /ˈrɛk.təl/.
Words near rectal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rectal (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.
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