proctology

English

Etymology

From procto- +‎ -logy or proct- +‎ -ology.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɒkˈtɒləd͡ʒɪ/
• enPR: prŏk-tŏl′-ə-jē

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

proctology (uncountable)

1. The branch of medicine dealing with the pathology of the colon, rectum, and anus.
2. (dated) The branch of medicine dealing with the surgery of the colon, rectum, and anus.
3. (surgery) Colorectal surgery as a specialty inside proctology.
4. The department or the building of the hospital or clinic.

Synonyms

• coloproctology

Derived terms

• proctologic
• proctological

Related terms

• coloproctologist
• proctalgia
• proctologically
• proctologist

Translations

branch of medicine (examination)

• Bulgarian: проктология f (proktologija), колопроктология f (koloproktologija)
• Catalan: proctologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 直腸病學 / 直肠病学 (zhíchángbìngxué)

• Esperanto: proktologio
• Finnish: peräsuolioppi, proktologia
• French: proctologie (fr) f
• Galician: proctoloxía f
• German: Proktologie (de) f
• Hungarian: proktológia (hu)
• Italian: proctologia (it) f
• Occitan: proctologia f
• Portuguese: proctologia (pt) f
• Romanian: proctologie (ro) f
• Russian: проктоло́гия (ru) f (proktológija), колопроктология f (koloproktologija)
• Spanish: proctología (es) f
• Swedish: proktologi c
• Ukrainian: проктоло́гія f (proktolóhija)

branch of medicine (surgery)

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Gastroenterologische Chirurgie f, Viszeralchirurgie f (generic term)

colorectal surgery (intervention)

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 結腸直腸外科 / 结肠直肠外科 (jiécháng zhícháng wàikē)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: peräsuolileikkaus
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: gastroenterologischer Eingriff m, proktologische Operation f
• Hungarian: proktológiai sebészet
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: proktologi c

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• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} endaþarms- og raufarfræði f