"rectum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛktəm/, /ˈɹɛkˌtʌm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-rectum.wav [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-rectum.wav [US] Forms: recta [plural], rectums [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktəm Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin rectum, clipping of Latin rectum intestinum (literally “the straight intestine”), rectum, neuter of rectus (“straight”). See right. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{bor|en|NL.|rectum}} New Latin rectum, {{der|en|la|rectum intestinum|lit=the straight intestine}} Latin rectum intestinum (literally “the straight intestine”), {{m|la|rectum}} rectum, {{m|la|rectus||straight}} rectus (“straight”), {{m|en|right}} right Head templates: {{en-noun|recta|s}} rectum (plural recta or rectums)
  1. (anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus. Categories (topical): Anatomy Derived forms: per rectum, vas rectum, rectal Related terms: anus, colon, latus rectum, nomen rectum (english: probably etymologically unrelated) Translations (terminal part of the large intestine): rektum (Afrikaans), πρωκτός (prōktós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), مُسْتَقِيم (mustaqīm) [masculine] (Arabic), مستقيم (mustaqim) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ուղիղ աղիք (uġiġ aġikʻ) (Armenian), վերջնաղիք (verǰnaġikʻ) (Armenian), право черво (pravo červo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), recte [masculine] (Catalan), ᎤᎦᏎᏂ (ugaseni) (english: his/her/its) (Cherokee), 直腸 (Chinese Mandarin), 直肠 (zhícháng) (Chinese Mandarin), konečník [masculine] (Czech), endetarm [common-gender] (Danish), endeldarm [masculine] (Dutch), pärasool (Estonian), peräsuoli (Finnish), rectum [masculine] (French), recto [masculine] (Galician), cenzo [masculine] (Galician), curso [masculine] (Galician), სწორი ნაწლავი (sc̣ori nac̣lavi) (Georgian), Rektum [neuter] (German), Mastdarm [masculine] (German), Enddarm [masculine] (German), ορθό (orthó) [neuter] (Greek), כרכשת (kharkéshet) [feminine] (Hebrew), मलाशय (malāśay) (Hindi), végbél (Hungarian), oikiasooli (Ingrian), athán [masculine] (Irish), driseachán [masculine] (Irish), reicteam [masculine] (Irish), retto [masculine] (Italian), 直腸 (chokuchō) (alt: ちょくちょう) (Japanese), 직장 (jikjang) (Korean), ānus [masculine] (Latin), luogge (Lule Sami), ректум (rektum) [masculine] (Macedonian), чмарно црево (čmarno crevo) [masculine] (Macedonian), മലാശയം (malāśayaṁ) (Malayalam), rektum [masculine] (Maltese), il-musrana dritta [feminine] (Maltese), tōngātiko (Maori), ajilchiiʼ (Navajo), tortorîk [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), endetarm [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), endetarm [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), earsþȳrel [neuter] (Old English), odbytnica [feminine] (Polish), reto [masculine] (Portuguese), uquti (Quechua), пряма́я кишка́ (prjamája kišká) [feminine] (Russian), ре́ктум (rɛ́ktum) [masculine] (Russian), गुद (guda) [neuter] (Sanskrit), पायु (pāyu) [masculine] (Sanskrit), भसद् (bhasad) [feminine] (Sanskrit), लुब्धक (lubdhaka) [masculine] (Sanskrit), सीध्र (sīdhra) [neuter] (Sanskrit), tòn [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), màs [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), recto [masculine] (Spanish), ändtarm [common-gender] (Swedish), rektum [neuter] (Swedish), pastejkök [neuter, vulgar] (Swedish), tumbong (Tagalog), rektum (Turkish), пряма́ кишка́ (prjamá kyšká) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ruột thẳng (Vietnamese), trực tràng (Vietnamese), rhefr [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "pärasool"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "peräsuoli"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sc̣ori nac̣lavi",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "სწორი ნაწლავი"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "Rektum"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Mastdarm"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Enddarm"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "orthó",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ορθό"
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          "roman": "kharkéshet",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "végbél"
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          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "oikiasooli"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "athán"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "driseachán"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "reicteam"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "retto"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ちょくちょう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chokuchō",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "直腸"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jikjang",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "직장"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tortorîk"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ānus"
        },
        {
          "code": "smj",
          "lang": "Lule Sami",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "luogge"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "rektum",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ректум"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "čmarno crevo",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "чмарно црево"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "malāśayaṁ",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "മലാശയം"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rektum"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "il-musrana dritta"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "tōngātiko"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "ajilchiiʼ"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "endetarm"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "endetarm"
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        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "earsþȳrel"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "odbytnica"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "reto"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "uquti"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prjamája kišká",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пряма́я кишка́"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rɛ́ktum",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ре́ктум"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "guda",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "गुद"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "pāyu",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "पायु"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "bhasad",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "भसद्"
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          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "lubdhaka",
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          "roman": "sīdhra",
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          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "tòn"
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        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "màs"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "recto"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "ändtarm"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "rektum"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "pastejkök"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "tumbong"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "word": "rektum"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prjamá kyšká",
          "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пряма́ кишка́"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "code": "chr",
      "english": "his/her/its",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "ugaseni",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "ᎤᎦᏎᏂ"
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      "roman": "zhícháng",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "konečník"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "pärasool"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "peräsuoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rectum"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cenzo"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "curso"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sc̣ori nac̣lavi",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "სწორი ნაწლავი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Rektum"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mastdarm"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Enddarm"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "orthó",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ορθό"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "prōktós",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πρωκτός"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kharkéshet",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "כרכשת"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "malāśay",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "मलाशय"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "végbél"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "oikiasooli"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "athán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "driseachán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reicteam"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retto"
    },
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      "alt": "ちょくちょう",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "chokuchō",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "直腸"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jikjang",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "직장"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortorîk"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ānus"
    },
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      "code": "smj",
      "lang": "Lule Sami",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "luogge"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rektum",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ректум"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "čmarno crevo",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чмарно црево"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "malāśayaṁ",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "മലാശയം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rektum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "il-musrana dritta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "tōngātiko"
    },
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "ajilchiiʼ"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "endetarm"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "endetarm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "earsþȳrel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "odbytnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reto"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "uquti"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prjamája kišká",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пряма́я кишка́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rɛ́ktum",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ре́ктум"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "guda",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "गुद"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
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      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पायु"
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    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "bhasad",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "भसद्"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "lubdhaka",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "लुब्धक"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sīdhra",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "सीध्र"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tòn"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "màs"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ändtarm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rektum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "pastejkök"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "tumbong"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "rektum"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prjamá kyšká",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пряма́ кишка́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "ruột thẳng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "word": "trực tràng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "terminal part of the large intestine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rhefr"
    }
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}

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