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PROCTOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does proctology mean?
• PROCTOLOGY (noun)
The noun PROCTOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon or rectum or anus
Familiarity information: PROCTOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon or rectum or anus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("proctology" is a kind of...):
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Derivation:
proctologist (a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus)
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