Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, a cutting of the rectum, as in the division of a stricture or for the cure of a fistula.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) An incision into the rectum, as for the division of a stricture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery An
incision into therectum , as for thedivision of astricture .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek anus + to cut.
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