rectal
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adjective
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Origin of rectal
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Ask the authors of the 2023 study titled “Digital Rectal Examination Is Not a Useful Screening Test for Prostate Cancer.”
From Slate • Aug. 17, 2024
Rectal cancer researchers have pulled off a daunting feat, demonstrating in a large clinical trial that patients do just as well without radiation therapy as with it.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2023
Rectal cancer patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center faced the prospect of grueling procedures and chemotherapy treatments but were pleasantly surprised when a drug from GlaxoSmithKline completely eradicated their cancer.
From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2022
Rectal swabs from 13 tested positive for coronaviruses, including one described in Nature Communications on 9 February 2021.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2022
Rectal glands: appendages to or thickenings of the rectum secreting a lubricating material.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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