RECTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rectal mean? 

• RECTAL (adjective)
  The adjective RECTAL has 1 sense:

1. of or involving the rectum

  Familiarity information: RECTAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECTAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or involving the rectum

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

rectal cancer

Pertainym:

rectum (the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus)

Derivation:

rectum (the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus)

 Context examples 

A rectal adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of a malignant cellular infiltrate with 50-95% glandular formation.

(Grade 2 Rectal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rectal adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of a malignant cellular infiltrate with less than 50% glandular formation.

(Grade 3 Rectal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

OR, (3) cancer has spread through the serosa of the colon and/or rectal wall but has not spread to nearby organs.

(Dukes C colorectal cancer, NCI Dictionary)

A rectal adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of a malignant cellular infiltrate with more than 95% glandular formation.

(Grade 1 Rectal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This may be from a primary colon or rectal cancer, or from a cancer at a distant site.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Colon, NCI Thesaurus)

Cancer may have spread to the muscle layer of the colon and/or rectal wall.

(Dukes A colorectal cancer, NCI Dictionary)

Signs include rectal bleeding and mucousy diarrhea.

(Familial adenomatous polyposis, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used alone or with other drugs to treat colon cancer or rectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body or has come back after treatment with fluorouracil.

(Camptosar, NCI Dictionary)

A neoplasm that arises from the glandular epithelium of the colonic and rectal mucosa.

(Colorectal Tubulovillous Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Doctors diagnose cholera with a stool sample or rectal swab.

(Cholera, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)