Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The terminal portion of the large intestine, extending from the sigmoid colon to the anal canal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy and zoology, a terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus: so called from its comparatively straight course in man; the lower bowel: more fully called
intestinum rectum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See
Illust. underdigestive .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The
terminal part of the largeintestine through which feces pass.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Biology: The lining of the rectum is very thin and a ready route for disease and easy to rupture during the vigorous thrusting of anal sex — easy to contaminate your blood with fecal matter – the sphincter muscle of the anus can be damaged by too many intrusions making one incontinent – hemorrhoids and anal sex are surely incompatible.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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Iraqi man with magnet in rectum causes bomb scare at LAX - Boing Boing
Boing Boing 2009
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Biology: The lining of the rectum is very thin and a ready route for disease and easy to rupture during the vigorous thrusting of anal sex — easy to contaminate your blood with fecal matter – the sphincter muscle of the anus can be damaged by too many intrusions making one incontinent – hemorrhoids and anal sex are surely incompatible.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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At the opened pelvic bone, use a sharp knife to make cuts to free the large intestine and rectum from the pelvic area.
Field & Stream 2008
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At the opened pelvic bone, use a sharp knife to make cuts to free the large intestine and rectum from the pelvic area.
Field & Stream 2008
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Terry’s outrageous public statements - “A man putting his penis in another man’s rectum is not the basis for civil rights,” he said at his first news conference - had two results.
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In 1983, very early in the epidemic, Joseph Sonnabend, MD, famously and courageously said, "the rectum is a sexual organ and it deserves the respect a penis gets and a vagina gets."
Sean Strub: 'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue Sean Strub 2011
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In 1983, very early in the epidemic, Joseph Sonnabend, MD, famously and courageously said, "the rectum is a sexual organ and it deserves the respect a penis gets and a vagina gets."
Sean Strub: 'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue Sean Strub 2011
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In 1983, very early in the epidemic, Joseph Sonnabend, MD, famously and courageously said, "the rectum is a sexual organ and it deserves the respect a penis gets and a vagina gets."
Sean Strub: 'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue Sean Strub 2011
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In 1983, very early in the epidemic, Joseph Sonnabend, MD, famously and courageously said, "the rectum is a sexual organ and it deserves the respect a penis gets and a vagina gets."
Sean Strub: 'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue Sean Strub 2011
oroboros commented on the word rectum
added only so I could comment: "Rectum? Hell! Killed 'im." Ah, the salad days of grade-school bus-ride jokes.
December 31, 2006
sonofgroucho commented on the word rectum
You do surprise me!
October 1, 2007