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6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus
originBorrowed from New Latin rectum, clipping of Latin rectum intestinum (literally “the straight intestine”), rectum, neuter of rectus (“straight”). See right.
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