rectal

rectal (not comparable)

1. Of, via or related to the rectum.
   • 2009, “THAT'S THAT”, in BORN LIKE THIS, performed by DOOM:

     Give a MC a rectal hysterectomy / Lecture on removal of the bowels, foul technically

   The customs inspector subjected him to a rectal exam.

• anal

rectal (plural rectals)

1. (informal) Ellipsis of rectal examination..
   • 1988, Judith Campbell, J. Golick, Sexuality: An Education Resource Book (page 53)

     Most doctors feel a rectal examination is unnecessary following a full pelvic examination, so that rectals are not routinely performed on women.

• Claret, arclet, cartel, claret, lacert

recte +‎ -al

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /rəkˈtal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /rekˈtal/

rectal (masculine and feminine plural rectals)

1. rectal

• “rectal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛk.tal/

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• Homophones: rectale, rectales

rectal (feminine rectale, masculine plural rectaux, feminine plural rectales)

1. rectal

   Les douaniers lui ont infligé une fouille rectale

   The customs inspector subjected him to a rectal exam

• “rectal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• cartel, clarté, tacler

rectal (not comparable)

1. rectal

rectal m or f (plural rectais, not comparable)

1. Superseded spelling of retal. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

From French rectal.

rectal m or n (feminine singular rectală, masculine plural rectali, feminine and neuter plural rectale)

1. rectal

• IPA^(key): /reɡˈtal/ [reɣ̞ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: rec‧tal

rectal (plural rectales)

1. rectal

• “rectal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014