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proctitis

[ prok-tahy-tis ]

/ prɒkˈtaɪ tɪs /

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noun Pathology.

inflammation of the rectum and anus.

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Origin of proctitis

Words nearby proctitis

procreation, Procrustean, Procrustean bed, Procrustes, procryptic, proctitis, procto, proctoclysis, proctodaeum, proctodeum, proctologist

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How to use proctitis in a sentence

What it is is a potential harm reduction possibility that may help, and what we think may help particularly with the very painful penile lesions that can get infected and with the proctitis and internal rectal lesions that are being reported.
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Hardly a civilized man escapes proctitis from the day of the diaper to that of death.
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The scientific diagnosis of constipation predicates proctitis and sometimes colitis.
Intestinal Ills|Alcinous Burton Jamison
There is a legion of secondary symptoms of proctitis, all of which medical empiricism considers and denominates causes.
Intestinal Ills|Alcinous Burton Jamison

Abnormal irritability of the bowels is necessarily involved in the inflammatory process known as proctitis and colitis.
Intestinal Ills|Alcinous Burton Jamison
Pile formations are a symptom of chronic proctitis of fifteen, twenty or more years duration.
Intestinal Ills|Alcinous Burton Jamison