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PROCTOLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does proctologist mean?
• PROCTOLOGIST (noun)
The noun PROCTOLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus
Familiarity information: PROCTOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("proctologist" is a kind of...):
medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)
Derivation:
proctology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon or rectum or anus)
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