Definition of Rectoplasty

1. Noun. Reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum.


Medical Definition of Rectoplasty

1. Plastic surgery of the anus or rectum. Synonym: rectoplasty. Origin: procto-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rectoplasty

rectoceles
rectoclysis
rectococcygeal
rectococcygeal muscle
rectococcygeus muscle
rectococcypexy
rectocolitis
rectolaryngeal reflex
rectoperineal
rectoperineorrhaphy
rectopexy
rectophobia
rectoplasty (current term)
rector
rectoral
rectorate
rectorates
rectoress
rectoresses
rectorial
rectories
rectorite
rectorrhagia
rectorrhaphy
rectors
rectorship
rectorships

Literary usage of Rectoplasty

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

1. Surgical Operations: A Handbook for Students and Practitioners by Friedrich Pels-Leusder (1912)
"rectoplasty for stricture of the rectum 600 577. Diagrammatic cross-section of a rectal prolapse 602 578. Resection of a rectal prolapse 603 579. 580. ..."

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