rectum

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: rec=tum

CIDE DICTIONARY

rectum, n. [NL. (sc. intestinum), fr. L. rectus straight. See Right.].

 The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rectum, n. (pl. rectums or recta) the final section of the large intestine, terminating at the anus.

Etymology

L rectum (intestinum) straight (intestine)

THESAURUS

rectum

abdomen, anus, appendix, blind gut, bowels, brain, cecum, colon, duodenum, endocardium, entrails, foregut, giblets, gizzard, guts, heart, hindgut, innards, inner mechanism, insides, internals, intestine, inwards, jejunum, kidney, kishkes, large intestine, liver, liver and lights, lung, midgut, perineum, pump, pylorus, small intestine, spleen, stomach, ticker, tripes, vermiform appendix, viscera, vitals, works