Usually means: Surgical incision into the rectum.
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  1. proctotomy: Wordnik
  2. proctotomy: Wiktionary
  3. proctotomy: Dictionary.com
  4. Proctotomy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. proctotomy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Proctotomy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. proctotomy: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Proctotomy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. proctotomy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. proctotomy: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (surgery) An incision into the rectum, such as for the division of a stricture

Similar:
proctectomy, proctosurgery, rectotomy, coloproctostomy, proctocolectomy, proctology, panproctocolectomy, proctosigmoidectomy, proctoscopy, proctography, more...

Opposite:
anal plasty, anal reconstruction

Types:
hemorrhoidectomy, anal fissurectomy, anal fistulectomy, more...

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Similar:
proctectomy, proctosurgery, rectotomy, coloproctostomy, proctocolectomy, proctology, panproctocolectomy, proctosigmoidectomy, proctoscopy, proctography, more...

Opposite:
anal plasty, anal reconstruction

Types:
hemorrhoidectomy, anal fissurectomy, anal fistulectomy, more...



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