DeCS Server - List Exact Term

1 / 1

DeCS

Descriptor English:

Rectum

Descriptor Spanish:

Recto

Descriptor Portuguese:

Reto

Tree Number:

Definition English:

The distal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE, between the SIGMOID COLON and the ANAL CANAL.

Indexing Annotation English:

/surg: do not confuse with the specialty COLORECTAL SURGERY; rectal bleeding: RECTUM (NIM) + HEMORRHAGE, GASTROINTESTINAL (IM) for bleeding through the rectum; hemorrhaging rectum is RECTAL DISEASES (IM) + HEMORRHAGE, GASTROINTESTINAL (IM); inflammation = PROCTITIS

Consider also terms at English:

PROCT-

Allowable Qualifiers English:

Record Number:

12427

Unique Identifier:

D012007

Similar: