The doctor performed a rectal exam to check for any abnormalities.
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Rectal
//ˈrɛk.təl//
Synonyms for "rectal" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (9)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
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1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- на правото черво adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
- ректален adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 直腸 /直肠 adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Dutch
2 entries- rectaal adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
- rectum adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Finnish
1 entries- peräsuoli adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
French
1 entries- rectal adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
German
1 entries- rektal adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Hebrew
1 entries- רקטלי adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Hindi
1 entries- मलाशयी adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Irish
1 entries- reicteach adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Italian
1 entries- rettale adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Polish
2 entries- doodbytniczy adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
- rektalny adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Portuguese
1 entries- retal adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Russian
2 entries- прямокише́чный adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
- ректа́льный adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Slovene
1 entries- rektálen adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Spanish
1 entries- rectal adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Swedish
2 entries- rektal adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
- ändtarms adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прямокишкови́й adj (of, via or related to the rectum)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
In hospitals, body temperature is sometimes taken using a rectal thermometer.
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Rectal bleeding can be a sign of hemorrhoids, but it should still be evaluated by a physician.
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The study focused on the early detection of rectal cancer in high-risk patients.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.