EnglishEdit
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
EtymologyEdit
From New Latin rectum, abbreviation of Latin rectum intestinum (“the straight intestine”), rectum, neuter of rectus (“straight”). See right.
NounEdit
rectum (plural recta or rectums)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
terminal part of the large intestine
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See alsoEdit
External linksEdit
- rectum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rectum in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- rectum at OneLook Dictionary Search
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin rectus (meaning straight). See right
NounEdit
rectum m (plural rectums)
External linksEdit
- "rectum" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).