colorectal

English

Etymology

From colo- +‎ rectal.

Adjective

colorectal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the colorectum.
   • 2023 May 26, Jacqueline Howard and Kyla Russell, “As colorectal cancer rises among younger adults, some seek colonoscopies earlier”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     She has always struggled with her gastrointestinal health, and when she started to have symptoms similar to those of colorectal cancer, she called her primary care physician, who referred her to a gastroenterologist, who ordered a colonoscopy. She did not have cancer.

Derived terms

• anticolorectal
• colorectal cancer
• colorectally
• noncolorectal
• pericolorectal

Translations

medicine: of or pertaining to the colorectum

• Catalan: colorectal
• Dutch: colorectaal (nl)
• Finnish: paksu- ja peräsuolen, kolorektaalinen
• French: colorectal (fr)
• Indonesian: kolorektal
• Irish: colaireicteach
• Italian: colorettale
• Polish: odbytniczy (pl)
• Portuguese: colorretal
• Spanish: colorrectal

Catalan

Etymology

From còlon +‎ rectal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.lu.ɾəkˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.lo.ɾəkˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.lo.ɾekˈtal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: co‧lo‧rec‧tal

Adjective

colorectal m or f (masculine and feminine plural colorectals)

1. (anatomy) colorectal

French

Etymology

From colo- +‎ rectal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛk.tal/

Adjective

colorectal (feminine colorectale, masculine plural colorectaux, feminine plural colorectales)

1. colorectal

   cancer colorectal

   colorectal cancer