proctitis

[ prok-tahy-tis ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. inflammation of the rectum and anus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of proctitis¹

proct- ( def ) + -itis

Example Sentences

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.

From Vox

Hardly a civilized man escapes proctitis from the day of the diaper to that of death.

From Project Gutenberg

The scientific diagnosis of constipation predicates proctitis and sometimes colitis.

From Project Gutenberg

There is a legion of secondary symptoms of proctitis, all of which medical empiricism considers and denominates causes.

From Project Gutenberg

Abnormal irritability of the bowels is necessarily involved in the inflammatory process known as proctitis and colitis.

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Pile formations are a symptom of chronic proctitis of fifteen, twenty or more years duration.

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