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Webster 1913 Edition

Rectum

Rec′tum

(-t?m)
,
Noun.
[NL. (sc.
intestinum
), fr. L.
rectus
straight. See
Right
.]
(Anat.)
The terminal part of the large intestine; – so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under
Digestive
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rectum

REC'TUM

,
Noun.
[L.] In anatomy, the third and last of the large intestines.

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