proctologist

[prok-tol-uh-jee]

proc·tol·o·gy

[prok-tol-uh-jee]
noun
the branch of medicine dealing with the rectum and anus.

Origin:
1895–1900; procto- + -logy

proc·to·log·ic [prok-tl-oj-ik] , proc·to·log·i·cal, adjective
proc·tol·o·gist, noun
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Proctologist is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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proctology (prɒkˈtɒlədʒɪ)
 
n
the branch of medical science concerned with the rectum
 
[from Greek prōktos rectum + -ology]
 
proctological
 
adj
 
proc'tologist
 
n

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