plural rectums or recta
ˈrek-tə 
: the terminal part of the intestine from the sigmoid colon to the anus
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The prostate is located in the male reproductive system behind the bladder and above the rectum.
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
The contrast agent is placed into your rectum using a catheter.
—Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 20 Feb. 2025
However, in November 2019, doctors were forced to remove additional organs and body parts, including her greater omentum, gallbladder, spleen, large bowel, womb, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix, and rectum, according to The Mirror.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 25 May 2025
Mariam had lost an arm to amputation after an air strike, and shrapnel had slashed a hole between her bladder and her rectum.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
The contrast agent is placed into your rectum using a catheter.
—Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 20 Feb. 2025
However, in November 2019, doctors were forced to remove additional organs and body parts, including her greater omentum, gallbladder, spleen, large bowel, womb, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix, and rectum, according to The Mirror.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 25 May 2025
Mariam had lost an arm to amputation after an air strike, and shrapnel had slashed a hole between her bladder and her rectum.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rectum
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“Rectum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rectum. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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