rektum

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rektum (plural rektums)

1. (anatomy) rectum

Learned borrowing from New Latin rectum (“rectum”, literally “straight”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛk̚tʊm/
• Hyphenation: rèk‧tum

rèktum (plural rektum-rektum)

1. (anatomy) rectum

   Hypernym: usus besar

• “rektum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Ultimately from New Latin rectum, clipping of Latin rectum intestinum (literally “the straight intestine”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛk.tum/

rektum m

1. (anatomy) rectum

rektum n (indeclinable)

1. (anatomy) the rectum

   Synonym: ändtarm

• Anatomical borrowings are sometimes treated as a kind of proper noun.
• Not in Svensk ordbok (SO) or Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL), but common in practice, including outside medical contexts.

• rektal

• rektum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)