Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or involving both the colon and the rectum.
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- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
colorectum
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- adjective relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum
Etymologies
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Examples
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Essentially I had left the fanny specialists and gone over to the bum specialists: my new doctor was what was known as a colorectal surgeon.
a better woman Susan Johnson 1999
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Essentially I had left the fanny specialists and gone over to the bum specialists: my new doctor was what was known as a colorectal surgeon.
a better woman Susan Johnson 1999
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Essentially I had left the fanny specialists and gone over to the bum specialists: my new doctor was what was known as a colorectal surgeon.
a better woman Susan Johnson 1999
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Together, they're often referred to as colorectal cancers.
Given Imaging Provides PillCam(R) COLON 2 Update - Yahoo! Finance 2011
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Bowel cancer, also known as colorectal or colon cancer, is the third most common cancer worldwide, causing 529,000 deaths a year.
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Last Year alone, more than 112000 new cases of colon cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, were reported in the US But many of them could have been prevented with an earlier diagnosis.
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Last Year alone, more than 112000 new cases of colon cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, were reported in the US But many of them could have been prevented with an earlier diagnosis.
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Interval cancer was defined as colorectal adenocarcinoma that was diagnosed between the time of screening colonoscopy and the scheduled time of surveillance colonoscopy.
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Interval cancer was defined as colorectal adenocarcinoma that was diagnosed between the time of screening colonoscopy and the scheduled time of surveillance colonoscopy.
New England Journal of Medicine Kaminski 2010
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Together, they're often referred to as colorectal cancers.
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