rectum

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• /ˈɹɛktəm/
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• /ˈɹɛkˌtʌm/
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Borrowed from New Latin rectum, clipping of Latin rectum intestinum (literally “the straight intestine”), rectum, neuter of rectus (“straight”). See right.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: rektum — terminal part of the large intestine
• Arabic: مُسْتَقِيم (mustaqīm) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Arabic: مستقيم (mustaqim) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Armenian: ուղիղ աղիք (uġiġ aġikʻ) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Armenian: վերջնաղիք (verǰnaġikʻ) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Bulgarian: право черво (pravo červo) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Bulgarian: ректум (rektum) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Catalan: recte — terminal part of the large intestine
• Cherokee: ᎤᎦᏎᏂ (ugaseni) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Chinese Mandarin: 直腸 /直肠 (zhícháng) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Czech: konečník — terminal part of the large intestine
• Danish: endetarm — terminal part of the large intestine
• Dutch: endeldarm — terminal part of the large intestine
• Estonian: pärasool — terminal part of the large intestine
• Finnish: peräsuoli — terminal part of the large intestine
• French: rectum — terminal part of the large intestine
• Saterland Frisian: Paktierm — terminal part of the large intestine
• West-Frisian: einterm — terminal part of the large intestine
• Galician: recto — terminal part of the large intestine
• Galician: cenzo — terminal part of the large intestine
• Galician: curso — terminal part of the large intestine
• Georgian: სწორი ნაწლავი (sc̣ori nac̣lavi) — terminal part of the large intestine
• German: Rektum — terminal part of the large intestine
• German: Mastdarm — terminal part of the large intestine
• German: Enddarm — terminal part of the large intestine
• Greek: ορθό (orthó) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Ancient Greek: πρωκτός (prōktós) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Hebrew: כרכשת (kharkéshet) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Hindi: मलाशय (malāśay) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Hungarian: végbél — terminal part of the large intestine
• Indonesian: rektum — terminal part of the large intestine
• Ingrian: oikiasooli — terminal part of the large intestine
• Irish: athán — terminal part of the large intestine
• Irish: driseachán — terminal part of the large intestine
• Irish: reicteam — terminal part of the large intestine
• Italian: retto — terminal part of the large intestine
• Japanese: 直腸 (chokuchō) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Korean: 직장 (jikjang) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Northern Kurdish: tortorîk — terminal part of the large intestine
• Latin: ānus — terminal part of the large intestine
• Latin: extālis — terminal part of the large intestine
• Macedonian: ректум (rektum) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Macedonian: чмарно црево (čmarno crevo) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Malayalam: മലാശയം (malāśayaṁ) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Maltese: rektum — terminal part of the large intestine
• Maltese: il-musrana dritta — terminal part of the large intestine
• Māori: tōngātiko — terminal part of the large intestine
• Navajo: ajilchiiʼ — terminal part of the large intestine
• Norwegian Bokmål: endetarm — terminal part of the large intestine
• Norwegian Nynorsk: endetarm — terminal part of the large intestine
• Old English: earsþȳrel — terminal part of the large intestine
• Polish: odbytnica — terminal part of the large intestine
• Portuguese: reto — terminal part of the large intestine
• Quechua: uquti — terminal part of the large intestine
• Russian: пряма́я кишка́ (prjamája kišká) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Russian: ре́ктум (rɛ́ktum) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Lule-Sami: luogge — terminal part of the large intestine
• Sanskrit: गुद (guda) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Sanskrit: पायु (pāyu) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Sanskrit: भसद् (bhasad) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Sanskrit: लुब्धक (lubdhaka) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Sanskrit: सीध्र (sīdhra) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Scottish Gaelic: tòn — terminal part of the large intestine
• Scottish Gaelic: màs — terminal part of the large intestine
• Slovak: konečník — terminal part of the large intestine
• Spanish: recto — terminal part of the large intestine
• Spanish: recto intestinal — terminal part of the large intestine
• Spanish: recto anal — terminal part of the large intestine
• Spanish: intestino rectal — terminal part of the large intestine
• Spanish: cavidad anal — terminal part of the large intestine
• Swedish: ändtarm — terminal part of the large intestine
• Swedish: rektum — terminal part of the large intestine
• Swedish: pastejkök — terminal part of the large intestine
• Tagalog: tumbong — terminal part of the large intestine
• Turkish: rektum — terminal part of the large intestine
• Ukrainian: пряма́ кишка́ (prjamá kyšká) — terminal part of the large intestine
• Vietnamese: ruột thẳng — terminal part of the large intestine
• Vietnamese: trực tràng — terminal part of the large intestine
• Welsh: rectwm — terminal part of the large intestine
• Welsh: rhefr — terminal part of the large intestine