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retrorectal

retrorectal adjective: behind the rectum.

Adjective

retrorectal (not comparable)

  1. Behind the rectum
    • Nineteen consecutive patients, detailed in Table 1, underwent hernia repair with bilateral component separation and intraperitoneal and retrorectal placement of FlexHD ® or FlexHD ® Diamond™, human acellular dermal matrix mesh using an open abdominal approach.2015 July 29, Alvaro Garcia, Anthony Baldoni, “Complex ventral hernia repair with a human acellular dermal matrix and component separation: A case series”, in Annals of Medicine and Surgery, volume...

Origin of retrorectal

From retro- + rectal.

Questions about retrorectal

What does retrorectal mean?
Retrorectal means behind the rectum.
What part of speech is retrorectal?
Retrorectal is an adjective.

Words near retrorectal in the dictionary

  1. retropulsions
  2. retropulsive
  3. retropupillary
  4. retroquire
  5. retroquires
  6. retrorectal
  7. retrorectus
  8. retroreflect
  9. retroreflectance
  10. retroreflected
  11. retroreflecting

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