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proctology /proc·tol·o·gy/ (prok-tol´ah-je) the branch of medicine concerned with disorders of the rectum and anus.proctolog´ic
proc·tol·o·gy (prk-tl-j)
n.
The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon, rectum, and anus.

procto·logic (-t-ljk) adj.
proc·tolo·gist n.

proctology
[proktol′əjē]
Etymology: Gk, proktos + logos, science
the branch of medicine concerned with treating disorders of the colon, rectum, and anus.

proctology [prok-tol´o-je]
the branch of medicine concerned with disorders of the rectum and anus. adj., adj proctolog´ic.

proctology
the branch of veterinary medicine concerned with disorders of the rectum and anus.


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During that time, authorities rechristened the Dongda Proctology Hospital, formerly the Dongda Anus Hospital.
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