Meaning Of The Word Rectum

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rectum
countable noun: Someone's rectum is the bottom end of the tube down which waste food passes out of their body.

rectum in American English
the lowest, or last, segment of the large intestine, extending, in humans, from the sigmoid flexure to the anus
noun: the comparatively straight, terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus

rectum in British English
noun: the lower part of the alimentary canal, between the sigmoid flexure of the colon and the anus

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