recto-

See also: recto

English

Alternative forms

• rect- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, indirectly from Latin rectum by the same path whence also English rectum (which see).

Prefix

recto-

1. (anatomy) rectum

Hypernyms

• procto-, anorectal

Coordinate terms

• ano-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with recto-

rectoabdominal

rectoanal

rectocele

rectoclysis

rectococcygeal

rectocoele

rectocolitis

rectocolonic

rectocutaneous

rectogenital

rectoneovaginal

rectoperineal

rectopexy

rectophobia

rectorectal

rectorrhagia

rectosacral

rectoscope

rectoscopy

rectosigmoid

rectosigmoiditis

rectosigmoidoscopy

rectosphincteric

rectotomy

rectourethral

rectouterine

rectovaginal

rectovaginally

rectovesical

rectovestibular

rectovulvar

Translations

rectum

• Spanish: recto-

Anagrams

• Certo, Corte, ERCOT, Ector, torce

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɡto/ [reɣ̞.t̪o]
• Syllabification: rec‧to-

Prefix

recto-

1. (anatomy) recto-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with recto-

rectorragia

rectosigmoideo

rectovesical