"colorectal" meaning in English

See colorectal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From colo- + rectal. Etymology templates: {{af|en|colo-|rectal}} colo- + rectal Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} colorectal (not comparable)
  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the colorectum. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: anticolorectal, colorectal cancer, colorectally, noncolorectal, pericolorectal Translations (medicine: of or pertaining to the colorectum): colorectal (Catalan), colorectaal (Dutch), paksu- ja peräsuolen (Finnish), kolorektaalinen (Finnish), colorectal (French), kolorektal (Indonesian), colaireicteach (Irish), colorettale (Italian), odbytniczy (Polish), colorretal (Portuguese), colorrectal (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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