rektum
See also: Rektum
Afrikaans edit
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Noun edit
rektum (plural rektums)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from New Latin rectum (“rectum”, literally “straight”).
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Noun edit
rèktum (first-person possessive rektumku, second-person possessive rektummu, third-person possessive rektumnya)
- (anatomy) rectum.
- Hypernym: usus besar
Further reading edit
- “rektum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from New Latin rectum, clipping of Latin rectum intestinum (literally “the straight intestine”).
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rektum m
Swedish edit
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rektum n
Usage notes edit
- Uninflected (anatomical borrowings are sometimes treated as a kind of proper noun)
- Not in Svensk ordbok (SO) or Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL), but common in practice, including outside medical contexts.