colorectal

American

[koh-luh-rek-tl] / ˌkoʊ ləˈrɛk tl /

adjective

Anatomy.

pertaining to or involving the colon and rectum.

colorectal cancer.

colorectal British

/ ˌkəʊləʊˈrɛktəl /

adjective

of or relating to the colon and rectum

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Etymology

Origin of colorectal

colo- + rectal

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And Doctor Strange, the comic character, is a colorectal surgeon..

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Rectal bleeding was the strongest predictor of a colorectal cancer diagnosis, raising the odds by 8.5 times.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Pumitamig is particularly well-positioned, with massive potential in triple-negative breast and colorectal cancers, he added.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Two years earlier, Hill had survived a bout of colorectal cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

While robotic surgery within urology was the first type of robotic surgery in Northern Ireland, the use of robots is expanding to other specialities such as colorectal, upper gastro-intestinal and gynaecology procedures.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

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