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recto-

recto- prefix: rectum.

Prefix

recto-

  1. rectum

Forms of recto-

alternative formrect-

Origin of recto-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, indirectly from Latin rectum by the same path whence also English rectum (which see).

Questions about recto-

What does recto- mean?
Recto- means rectum.
What part of speech is recto-?
Recto- is a prefix.

Words near recto- in the dictionary

  1. rectitudinal
  2. rectitudinarian
  3. rectitudinarians
  4. rectitudinous
  5. recto
  6. recto-
  7. rectoabdominal
  8. rectoanal
  9. rectocele
  10. rectoceles
  11. rectoclysis

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