rectal
EnglishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rectal (not comparable)
- Of, via or related to the rectum.
- 2009, “THAT'S THAT”, in BORN LIKE THIS, performed by DOOM:
- Give a MC a rectal hysterectomy / Lecture on removal of the bowels, foul technically
- The customs inspector subjected him to a rectal exam.
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
NounEdit
rectal (plural rectals)
- (informal) Ellipsis of rectal examination..
- 1988, Judith Campbell, J. Golick, Sexuality: An Education Resource Book (page 53)
- Most doctors feel a rectal examination is unnecessary following a full pelvic examination, so that rectals are not routinely performed on women.
- 1988, Judith Campbell, J. Golick, Sexuality: An Education Resource Book (page 53)
Derived termsEdit
- digital rectal examination (DRE)
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rectal (masculine and feminine plural rectals)
Further readingEdit
- “rectal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rectal (feminine rectale, masculine plural rectaux, feminine plural rectales)
- rectal
- Les douaniers lui ont infligé une fouille rectale
- The customs inspector subjected him to a rectal exam
Further readingEdit
- “rectal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
InterlinguaEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rectal (not comparable)
PortugueseEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rectal m or f (plural rectais, not comparable)
- Superseded spelling of retal. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rectal m or n (feminine singular rectală, masculine plural rectali, feminine and neuter plural rectale)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of rectal
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | rectal | rectală | rectali | rectale | ||
definite | rectalul | rectala | rectalii | rectalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | rectal | rectale | rectali | rectale | ||
definite | rectalului | rectalei | rectalilor | rectalelor |
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rectal (plural rectales)
Further readingEdit
- “rectal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014