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Definition: Rectal |
RectalAdjective1. Of or involving the rectum; "rectal cancer". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | By or having to do with the rectum. The rectum is the last 8 to 10 inches of the large intestine and ends at the anus. (references) |
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Crosswords: Rectal |
| English words defined with "rectal": arcuate vein of the kidney, arteria lacrimalis, arteria rectalis ♦ Hemorrhoidal ♦ lacrimal artery, lithotomy position ♦ rectal artery, rectal reflex, rectal vein ♦ vena arcuata renis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rectal": Administration, Rectal ♦ Balloon Dilatation ♦ digital rectal examination ♦ internal haemorrhoids, internal hemorrhoids ♦ mean body temperature ♦ Rectal Fistula, Rectal Neoplasms ♦ Solitary Rectal Ulcer, stage I prostate cancer. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "rectal": Ischiorectal. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Rectal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (rectal), Portuguese (rectal), Romanian (rectal), Spanish (rectal). |
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Screenplays | A bonus day of class plus Cordelia. Mix in a little rectal surgery and it's my best day ever! (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Anyway, I'm applying because it's an outstanding university, not because the students engage in the rectal transport of steel rods. (Is It College Yet?; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll) One rectal breach comin' up. (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; writing credit: Kevin Smith) | |
Clever | Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid. (references; author: unknown) What's the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer? The taste. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rectal Rooter (2002) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Line drawing showing a permanent colostomy for rectal cancer.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
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Health | Rectal bleeding, weight loss, and fever may also occur. (references) | |
Clean your rectal area gently but thoroughly after each bowel movement. (references) | ||
Bone cysts, rectal polyps, gum fibromas, and dental pits may also occur. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Rectal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.54% of the time. "Rectal" is used about 433 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.54% | 431 | 13,316 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.46% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 433 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "rectal": digital rectal examination ♦ rectal artery ♦ Rectal Fistula ♦ Rectal Inflammation ♦ Rectal Neoplasms ♦ rectal passage ♦ Rectal Prolapse ♦ rectal reflex ♦ rectal syringe ♦ rectal vein ♦ Solitary Rectal Ulcer. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "rectal": ano-rectal, colonic-rectal, sigmoid-rectal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rectal rooter | 735 |
rectal bleeding | 541 |
rectal cancer | 230 |
rectal | 160 |
rectal temperature | 153 |
exam rectal | 135 |
rectal prolapse | 94 |
rectal pain | 82 |
rectal thermometer | 82 |
rectal temp | 65 |
rectal cancer symptom | 46 |
rectal itching | 44 |
polyps rectal | 32 |
rectal fissure | 30 |
rectal rooters | 29 |
rectal itch | 27 |
examination rectal | 25 |
rectal tube | 21 |
rectal taking temperature | 20 |
exam female rectal | 19 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "rectal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rektal, i zorrës së trashë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مستقيمي ذو علاقة بالمعي المستقيم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ректален, на ректума. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 直 (rectum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rektální, koneèníkový. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | rektal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | rectaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وابسته به مقعد, وابسته به معاء غلاظ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ulosteenpidätyskyvyttömyys (anal sphincter incontinence, faecal incontinence, fecal incontinence, feces incontinence, rectal incontinence), peräsuolen pallosondi (balloon rectal probe), peräaukon ja peräsuolen paineenmittaukset (anorectal manometry, rectal manometry), palloton peräsuolisondi (rectal probe), lämpömittarin aiheuttama peräsuolivamma (rectal ulceration), incontinentia alvi (anal sphincter incontinence, faecal incontinence, fecal incontinence, feces incontinence, rectal incontinence), anorektaalinen manometria (anorectal manometry, rectal manometry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rectal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | rektal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρωκτικόσ (anal), ορθικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | végbélnyílási, végbél- (anal), végbél (anus, arse, ass, recta, rectum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rettale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 直腸癌 (rectal cancer), 直腸ガン (rectal cancer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ちょくちょうが" (rectal cancer), ちょくちょうガン (rectal cancer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 직장. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ectalray retal, relativo ao reto, rectal, pelo reto. (various references) rectal. (various references) ректальный, прямокишечный. (various references) rektalni. (various references) rectal. (various references) rektal. (various references) rektuma ait, rektum (rectum). (various references) ректальний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | incontinentia alvi. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rectal": rectally. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "rectal": colorectal. (additional references) | |
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"Rectal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: rastal, Rastall, recal, recalc, recao, recat, recaulk, rectable, recte, Rectella, recti, reital, resta, retaw, Rextar, Rostal, rvcma. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rectal" (pronounced re"ktul) |
| 5 | -e" k t u l | projectile. |
| 4 | -k t u l | artiodactyl, ductile, fractal, tactile. |
| 3 | -t u l | accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, infantile, infertile, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tattle, temperamental, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cartel, claret. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-r-t" | |
-1 letter: alert, alter, artel, caret, carle, carte, cater, clear, cleat, crate, eclat, lacer, later, ratel, react, recta, taler, trace. | |
-2 letters: acre, alec, care, carl, cart, cate, celt, earl, lace, late, lear, race, rale, rate, real, tace, tael, talc, tale, tare, teal, tear, tela. | |
-3 letters: ace, act, ale, alt, arc, are, art, ate, car, cat, cel, ear, eat, era, eta, lac, lar, lat, lea, let, rat, rec, ret, tae, tar, tea, tel. | |
-4 letters: ae, al, ar, at, el, er, et, la, re, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-r-t" | |
+1 letter: article, cartels, central, clarets, clatter, crestal, locater, plectra, recital, scarlet, tackler, trachle, treacle, treacly. | |
+2 letters: acrolect, acrylate, articled, articles, bracelet, bracteal, bractlet, brocatel, calypter, cartable, cellaret, centrals, cervelat, chelator, chlorate, clarinet, clatters, clattery, clearest, collaret, corelate, cultrate, decretal, erotical, excretal, lacerate, lacertid, literacy, locaters, loricate, metrical, particle, pectoral, placater, praelect, prelatic, raclette, recitals, rectally, relocate, retackle, reticula, scarlets, sceptral, sectoral, spectral, sterical, tacklers, tailrace, tracheal, trachled, trachles, tractile, trauchle, treacles, trochlea, ulcerate, vertical. | |
+3 letters: acrolects, acropetal, acrylates, afterclap, aleatoric, aliteracy, altercate, ancestral, antiulcer, applecart, arcuately, bacterial, bracelets, bracteole, bractlets, branchlet, brocatels, cabriolet, calenture, calibrate, calypters, cartelise, cartelize, cartilage, cartwheel, cataloger, catalyzer, caterwaul, cathedral, celebrant, celebrate, cellarets, centraler, centrally, certainly, cervelats, charlotte, chelators, chlorates, circulate, cisternal, clarinets, clarities, clathrate, clattered, clatterer, coeternal, collarets, cordately, corelated, corelates, corollate, correlate, craterlet, crawliest, creatural, crenulate, curtailed, curtailer, curtilage, decaliter, declarant, decretals, electoral, electuary, erectable, eristical, erratical, escalator, fortalice, graticule, heretical, interclan, interlace, lacerated, lacerates, lacertids, larcenist, latecomer, lateritic, laticifer, lethargic, leviratic, loricates, lubricate, lucrative, nucleator, particles, pearlitic, pectorals, peculator, percolate, placaters, praelects, precoital, raclettes, realistic, rectangle, rectorial, relocated, relocatee, relocates, reluctant, reluctate, replicate, retackled, retackles, reticular, revictual, sclerotia, scrutable, scutellar, sectorial, tailraces, teacherly, theriacal, tolerance, trabecula, traceable, traceless, tracheole, trackless, tractable, trauchled, trauchles, triticale, trochleae, trochlear, trochleas, tularemic, ulcerated, ulcerates, urceolate, vectorial, verticals, victualer. | |
+4 letters: abacterial, accelerant, accelerate, accurately, acetabular, afterclaps, alacrities, allometric, allosteric, altarpiece, altercated, altercates, apiculture, applecarts, archetypal, articulate, auriculate, aviculture, birthplace, blackheart, blackwater, bracteoles, branchlets, brocatelle, cabriolets, calentures, calibrated, calibrates, campestral, cantilever, carnallite, carpellate, cartelised, cartelises, cartelized, cartelizes, cartilages, cartwheels, catalogers, cataloguer, catalyzers, caterwauls, cathedrals, celebrants, celebrated, celebrates, celebrator, cellarette, centralest, centralise, centralism, centralist, centrality, centralize, charitable, charlottes, chlorinate, circulated, circulates, citronella, clathrates, clatterers, clattering, clavierist, clearstory, clofibrate, coelentera, coleoptera, collateral, colorectal, colportage, corelating, correlated, correlates, correlator, crackliest, craterlets, craterlike, creatively, creaturely, credential, creditable, creditably, crenelated, crenulated, crystalize, curatively, curtailers, curtalaxes, curtilages, decaliters, decelerate, declarants, defalcator, ectodermal, edulcorate, ejaculator, electorate, electrical, elucidator, elucubrate, epicentral, eremitical, erotically, escalators, escalatory, explicator, extricable, factorable, flycatcher, forecastle, fortalices, grapholect, graticules, heptachlor, hermetical, hysterical, illiteracy, interclass, interlaced, interlaces, interlocal, lacerating, laceration, lacerative, lackluster, lacustrine, larcenists, latecomers, laticifers, lectionary, lenticular, linecaster, literacies, lubricated, lubricates, malefactor, mercantile, metacarpal, metrically, noncentral, nucleators, octahedral, operculate, orbiculate, orchestral, orthoclase, outcrawled, participle, peculators, perceptual, percolated, percolates, percolator, phylactery, praelected, pratincole, preethical, reactively, reallocate, receptacle, recitalist, rectangles, reescalate, refractile, relocatees, relocating, relocation, reluctance, reluctancy, reluctated, reluctates, replicated, replicates, replicator, resectable, retackling, reticulate, retinacula, retractile, revictuals, rhetorical, sacerdotal, saltcellar, scleromata, sclerotial, scrawliest, secularist, secularity, spectrally, speculator, sterically, subcentral, tabernacle, telecaster, tentacular, testicular, theatrical, theurgical, tolerances, trabeculae, trabecular, trabeculas, tracheolar, tracheoles, tracklayer, trancelike, triplicate, triticales, trochlears, tubercular, turtleback, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, ultraclean, ultrafiche, unclearest, vertically, victualers, victualler, vorticella, watercolor, wildcatter. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 63 74 61 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -.-. - .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100011 01110100 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e c t a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0063 0074 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527169866778 |
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