rectal
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of rectal
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The authors say symptoms such as unexplained weight loss and rectal bleeding should be taken seriously when they occur in younger patients.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
That means people under the age of 45 who are being diagnosed with colon cancer are doing so only when they present with symptoms like rectal bleeding or extreme weight loss.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
He returned on 14 July with abdominal pain and rectal bleeding before being discharged again the following day with no diagnosis.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
O’Hara died in late January, at the age of 71, from a pulmonary embolism as a result of rectal cancer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
The most important of these—the centres for the rectal, the vesical, and the patellar reflexes—are situated in the lumbar enlargement.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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