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Definition of Proctology
1. Noun. The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon or rectum or anus.
Definition of Proctology
1. Noun. The branch of medicine dealing with the colon, rectum and anus patology and colorectal surgery ¹
2. Noun. (surgery) Colorectal surgery as a specialty inside proctology. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proctology
1. [n -GIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proctology
Literary usage of Proctology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancet-clinic by Mississippi Valley Medical Association, Ohio Valley Medical Association (1905)
"But the subject of proctology had been neglected in the past until the charlatan
claimed it as his special field, and the profession seems still to be doing ..."
2. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1900)
"Dr. AB Cook, in a paper on "Some Mooted Points in proctology" (Virginia Medical
Semi- Monthly), says: Broadly classifying stricture of the rectum as ..."
3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1902)
"... and involve a degree of personal distress. The specialty I am alluding to is
proctology. There is a consensus of opinion regarding this specialty. ..."
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