English Explanatory Dictionary

proctology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The branch of medicine dealing with the pathology of the colon, rectum, and anus.
  2. The branch of medicine dealing with the surgery of the colon, rectum, and anus.
  3. Colorectal surgery as a specialty inside proctology.
  4. The department or the building of the hospital or clinic.

Pronunciation

/ˌpɹɒkˈtɒləd͡ʒɪ/ prŏk-tŏl′-ə-jē LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proctology.wav

Word forms

proctology

Etymology

From procto- + -logy or proct- + -ology.

Synonyms

coloproctology

Related words

coloproctologist proctalgia proctologically proctologist

Derived words

proctologic proctological

Translations

Bulgarian: проктология Bulgarian: колопроктология Catalan: proctologia Chinese Mandarin: 直腸病學 /直肠病学 Esperanto: proktologio Finnish: peräsuolioppi Finnish: proktologia French: proctologie Galician: proctoloxía German: Proktologie German: Gastroenterologische Chirurgie German: Viszeralchirurgie Hungarian: proktológia Italian: proctologia Occitan: proctologia Portuguese: proctologia Romanian: proctologie Russian: проктоло́гия Russian: колопроктология Spanish: proctología Swedish: proktologi Ukrainian: проктоло́гія
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