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Definition: Proctologist |
ProctologistNoun1. A doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A doctor who specializes in disorders of the anus and rectum. (references) |
Occupations | Diagnoses and treats diseases and disorders of anus, rectum, and colon: Diagnoses diseases and disorders utilizing techniques, such as discussion of symptoms and medical history with patient, instrumental inspection of rectum and colon, examination of diagnostic images of affected parts, and evaluation of laboratory test results. Treats diseases and disorders by surgical removal or repair of diseased or malfunctioning parts, or by prescription of medication and suggestions for adaptation of patient's living habits. (references) |
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| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The proctologist will see you now. (Hollow Point; writing credit: Robert Geoffrion ; James H. Stewart) | |
Clever | The proctologist called, they found your head. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Jerry Lewis | Well, I know a lady in Cleveland that's gone to a proctologist twice because of the same problem. So I don't know what to do about that. |
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| "Proctologist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Proctologist" is used about 20 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
proctologist | 87 |
joke proctologist | 4 |
definition proctologist | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "proctologist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | proctolog. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | proctoloog. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | proctologue. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Proktologe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | proktológus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | proctologo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | octologistpray проктолог. (various references) proctólogo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "proctologist": proctologists. (additional references) | |
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"Proctologist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: proctalogist, proctolgist, proctollgist, Runcologist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-i-l-o-o-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: proglottis, topologist, tropologic. | |
-3 letters: protocols. | |
-4 letters: colorist, copilots, cortisol, oologist, oosporic, porticos, postriot, protocol, stolport. | |
-5 letters: cogitos, copilot, coplots, girosol, glottic, glottis, gosport, grottos, lictors, octrois, ologist, oologic, poloist, portico, prologs, protist, risotto, rosolio, spotlit, topsoil, tricots, tropics. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-i-l-o-o-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: proctologists. | |
+3 letters: cryptozoologist. | |
+4 letters: cryptozoologists. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Quotations: Spoken 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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