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Definition of rectum
rectums
orrecta
play \-tə\: the terminal part of the intestine from the sigmoid colon to the anus
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Almost all colorectal cancers start out as a benign colon polyp, a clump of cells that forms on the lining of your colon or rectum, says Dr. Grady.
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Unscathed (for reasons beyond my ken) include baptisia, clematis recta, and of course the sturdy-as-stone conifers.
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One treatment involved blowing gaseous ozone into the rectum or vagina.
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Two went on to pin another boy face down on a bed as a third thrust a pool cue into his rectum, shredding two layers of clothing and breaking off the tip inside him.
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Therefore, in ideal conditions, the combined length and diameter of feces is simply determined by the shape of one’s rectum and large intestine.
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One of the big findings of our study was that feces extend halfway up the length of the colon from the rectum.
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A polyp is a growth which may form on the inner wall of the colon or rectum.
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One of the big findings of our study was that feces extend halfway up the length of the colon from the rectum.
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Origin and Etymology of rectum
Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from rectum intestinum, literally, straight intestine
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medical : the end of the tube in your body that helps digest food : the last part of the large intestine
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rectums
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\-tə\: the last part of the large intestine
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