proctocele
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]proctocele (uncountable)
- (medicine) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with swelling.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 1839, Robley Dunglison, “PROCTOCELE”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:
Further reading
[edit]- “proctocele”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.