proctology
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The young Jack Horner grew to be A doctor of proctology.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2021
Perhaps, like proctology and holidays in Wales, this would be good for me in the long run.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2015
Brain surgery, transplant surgery, urology, proctology, gynecology, all nasty.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 30, 2013
“We’ve got to give our political organization a very serious proctology exam,” said Haley Barbour, the former Mississippi governor. ”We need to look everywhere.”
From Time ● Jan. 28, 2013
But parents who think this Doctor Dolittle is for children should be prepared for gags about butt sniffing, dog whizzing, pigeon poop and rodent proctology.
From Time Magazine Archive
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