How to Use rectum in a Sentence

rectum

noun

• Men know all too well that the prostate sits right in front of the rectum.
  — Dr. Jared Heiner, idahostatesman, 19 Feb. 2018
• This means a vein in the rectum has swollen and become painful.
  — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 22 Dec. 2025
• This will help to prevent any build-up of stinky gas in his rectum.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
• One of the most common things that doctors find is ice in or near the rectum.
  — Terry Demio, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2018
• Feces are stored in the colon, which is where the rectum highway leads.
  — Zoë Ligon, Allure, 20 Sep. 2017
• Polyps are bumps or tiny mushroom-like stalks that grow inside the colon or rectum.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
• The now solid stool leaves the large intestine and is stored in the rectum.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
• Isaiah died from an infection caused when a stick was shoved in his rectum.
  — Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2023
• Adenomas are growths in the lining of the colon or rectum.
  — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 14 Nov. 2025
• Next comes surgery to remove the tumor in his rectum, planned for early fall.
  — Outside Online, 12 Aug. 2021
• The walls of the rectum (the inside of your butt) are delicate.
  — Alexander Cheves, Them., 16 May 2025
• The contrast agent is placed into your rectum using a catheter.
  — Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 20 Feb. 2025
• In this case, the muscle that opens and closes the rectum remains open and the poop spills out.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
• Chlamydia in the rectum can cause pain, discharge, and bleeding.
  — Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF, 20 Jan. 2022
• The bacteria can come from the skin or rectum and enter the urethra.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 June 2024
• Millions of cells from the gut, rectum and intestine also turned up no signs of the virus.
  — Apoorva Mandavilli New York Times, Star Tribune, 27 Aug. 2020
• Fecal impaction occurs when a large amount of hard stool becomes trapped in the rectum.
  — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 10 June 2026
• To reach the prostate, lubricate a finger and gently put it up the man's rectum.
  — Redbook, 30 Oct. 2017
• His boss had instructed him to wrap the drugs in cellophane and keep them in his rectum at all times.
  — Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2022
• Except this time the infection is in your rectum, where your gyno won't know to test you.
  — Hannah Norling, Health.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• These muscles work like a hammock to brace organs such as the uterus, bladder, and rectum.
  — Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 10 May 2019
• Plus, there’s the fear of having a tube inserted into the rectum.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 28 July 2019
• One of the big findings of our study was that feces extend halfway up the length of the colon from the rectum.
  — David Hu, Scientific American, 6 May 2017
• Colonoscopy Doctors use a longer tube to look for polyps or cancer in the rectum and the entire colon.
  — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Feb. 2026
• Alcohol also impacts the health of the colon and rectum.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 14 Feb. 2026
• The colon and rectum make up the lower part of the digestive tract, or large intestine.
  — Anne Grauel, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 21 Mar. 2021
• Your bladder or the inner lining of the rectum are not yet impacted.
  — Sherri Gordon, Health, 7 Sep. 2025
• Besides the hole in his heart and failing kidneys, Cody was born without a rectum.
  — Author: Brian Grow, John Shiffman, Alaska Dispatch News, 25 Oct. 2017
• Most colorectal cancers start as a growth, known as polyps, on the inner lining of the colon or rectum.
  — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 11 Feb. 2026
• Most colorectal cancers are caused by polyps, which are growths on the inner lining of the colon or rectum.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 May 2024