How to Use rectal in a Sentence

rectal

adjective

• In some cases, blood in your poop can be a sign of colon, rectal, or anal cancer.
  — Theresa Tamkins, SELF, 10 June 2024
• Both of these mechanisms may pose a problem for colon and rectal health.
  — Lorne J. Hofseth, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2021
• Even the rectal exam has been a cause for many men to avoid prostate cancer screening.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2022
• Vets will also examine the rectal area and anal sacks, Klein says.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
• Gear failed to perform a rectal exam, which fell below the standard of care, the board found.
  — Stephanie Innes, azcentral, 14 Nov. 2019
• This might include a rectal exam and, for women, a pelvic exam.
  — Jessica Migala, Health.com, 22 Feb. 2022
• Colon and rectal cancers are rising in younger adults, although researchers are not sure why.
  — Star Tribune, 5 July 2021
• Some symptoms include a change in bowel habits, rectal bleeding and cramps.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
• There’s no connection between the rectal canal and the vaginal pouch.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 12 June 2019
• O’Hara had rectal cancer, which increases the odds of these blood clots.
  — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 10 Feb. 2026
• Symptoms can also include fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and rectal pain.
  — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
• The drugs could also play a role in treating some colon and rectal cancer patients, if studies pan out.
  — Kimberly Chin, WSJ, 17 June 2019
• With a rectal thermometer, there’s simply less room for error.
  — Jennifer Yellin, CNN Underscored, 17 Mar. 2021
• The only way to know for sure what’s causing rectal bleeding is to do a rectal exam and a colonoscopy.
  — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 13 Oct. 2025
• If someone indeed has rectal cancer, there may be shame or stigma around discussing it.
  — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
• Even more striking, the incidence of rectal cancer rose 3% per year in adults in this age group over the same time.
  — Lydia A. Flier, Gabriela Rico, STAT, 31 Aug. 2020
• Not as dirty as a rectal palpitation mishap, mind you, but dirty nonetheless.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 May 2022
• The vets pried open the jaws of the pigs to swab their mouths, took their rectal temperatures, listened to their chests, and drew blood.
  — Byjon Cohen, science.org, 9 Aug. 2024
• Your pain is severe and comes with a fever, rectal bleeding, nausea, and/or vomiting.
  — Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 16 Feb. 2019
• His youngest patient was 21 when she was diagnosed with rectal cancer.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
• People who dread the thought of a colonoscopy may soon get a less invasive option to screen for colon and other rectal cancers.
  — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 23 May 2024
• For years, overall rates of colon and rectal cancers have been dropping for the people thought to be most at risk—the elderly.
  — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 28 Feb. 2017
• The entire rectal structure is encased in a perinephric membrane.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2023
• Symptoms of colorectal cancer include weight loss, rectal bleeding and blood in the stool.
  — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 20 May 2021
• While colon cancer originates in the colon, rectal cancer begins in the rectum.
  — Team Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 13 Mar. 2025
• Radiation has long been used as a way to prevent the recurrence of rectal cancer.
  — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 4 June 2023
• The latest scan showed the rectal cancer is gone, though there are still concerns about the cancer that had spread into other areas.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 31 Aug. 2023
• But this could also signal hemorrhoids or rectal bleeding.
  — Julia Sullivan, Outside, 26 Mar. 2026
• The new study’s models found increases in thyroid, kidney, rectal, colon cancers and leukemia in both men and women.
  — Ronnie Cohen, NPR, 20 June 2024
• My only risk factor is being over age 50 (risk of colon and rectal cancer increases with age).
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 14 Sep. 2017