Definition of Rectitis

1. n. Proctitis.

Definition of Rectitis

1. Noun. (medicine) proctitis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rectitis

1. inflammation of the rectum [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Rectitis

1. Proctitis. Origin: NL. See Rectum, and -itis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rectitis

rectifying valve
rectilineal
rectilineally
rectilinear
rectilinear regression
rectilinearity
rectilinearization
rectilinearly
rectilineous
rectinerved
rection
rections
rectirostral
rectiserial
rectitic
rectitis (current term)
rectitude
rectitudes
rectitudinity
rectitudinous
recto
recto-
rectoabdominal
rectoanal
rectocardiac reflex
rectoceles
rectoclysis
rectococcygeal
rectococcygeal muscle

Literary usage of Rectitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the Intestines: Their Special Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment by John Conrad Hemmeter (1902)
"rectitis rarely follows operation upon the rectum or anus in spite of the fact that it is of all fields the most exposed to the sources of infection. ..."

2. Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates by Patrick Manson (1918)
"... rectitis So far as known, this very fatal disease seems to be confined to the natives of the low-lying, hot, damp regions in the north of South America, ..."

3. Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates by Patrick Manson (1919)
"... rectitis So far as known, this very fatal disease seems to be confined to the natives of the low-lying, hot, damp regions in the north of South America, ..."

4. Diseases of the Rectum and Anus: Designed for Students and Practitioners of by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1902)
"... XIV PROCTITIS (rectitis, CATARRH OF THE RECTUM) AND MEMBRANOUS COLO-PROCTITIS PROCTITIS is an inflammation of the rectum which is usually confined to ..."

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