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proctology (n.)
"branch of medicine concerned with the anus or rectum," 1896, from Latinized form of Greek prōktos "anus" (from PIE *prokto-, source also of Armenian erastan-k' "buttocks") + -logy "study of." Related: Proctologist (1897).
updated on November 28, 2020
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