proctology

English

Etymology

From procto- and -logy.

Noun

proctology (uncountable)

1. The branch of medicine dealing with the colon, rectum and anus patology and colorectal surgery
2. (surgery) Colorectal surgery as a specialty inside proctology.

Synonyms

• coloproctology

Related terms

• coloproctologist
• proctologist

Translations

Branch of medicine

• Chinese:

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• Esperanto: proktologio (eo)
• French: proctologie (fr) f
• Finnish: peräsuolioppi (fi), proktologia (fi)
• Italian: proctologia (it) f

• Russian: проктоло́гия (ru) (proktológija) f
• Spanish: proctología (es) f

Colorectal surgery

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: peräsuolileikkaus (fi)

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• Icelandic: endaþarms- og raufarfræði (is) f