proctologically

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, proctological +‎ -ly, or, by surface analysis, proctologic +‎ -ally.

Adverb

proctologically (not comparable)

2. Regarding proctology, medical care of the anorectal region.
   • 1927, Joseph Brennemann, “Simple congenital anorectal stricture with megacolon in early infancy: report of six cases”, in Transactions of the Section on Diseases of Children of the American Medical Association at the Seventy-Eighth Annual Session, held at Washington, D.C., May 16 to 20, 1927‎, American Medical Association, page 68:

     Proctoscopy was then done and the child was cured promptly by small multiple incisions followed by dilation with the finger and rectal dilators. Perhaps we have "dwelt in a fool's paradise" in not having these patients examined with the proctoscope and treated proctologically and surgically. I have no quarrel with any one who takes this view. Perhaps we were dealing with exceptions and coincidences. There are doubtless cases that require surgery, or are best treated surgically. And yet from this series it would seem that many of these constrictions are of such a nature that they can be safely dilated with the finger without the use of dangerous force; that, once sufficiently dilated, they remain so, and that one is justified in trying the simpler procedure first. SUMMARY: In six cases of infantile congenital anorectal stricture, apparently all of the simple diaphragmatic type, in which abdominal (colonic) distention was the outstanding symptom, the obstruction was promptly relieved by finger dilation.

4. (humorous, figurative, uncommon) Anal-retentively and invasively: in a manner with obsessive and thorough attention to details.

   Near-synonym: anally

   • 2012, Sebastian Graham, Four Nights in Brooklyn‎, →ISBN:

     Front running is illegal unless you think the SEC has blessed the practice and Bernie pretended that he was the most proctologically examined outfit in hedge fund land, when in fact only his broker-dealer ever got the full exam.

   • 2022, Gregg Hurwitz, Dark Horse: An Orphan X Novel (Orphan X series)‎, volume 7, St. Martin's Publishing Group, →ISBN:

     "You have the gear you promised?"
     "I do."
     "Has Darling Boy checked it all?"
     "Proctologically."
     At this the Dark Man cracked a smile. "You told me to trust no one. I am taking your advice seriously. I may like you, Caballo Oscuro, but you are still new to me. And my men, they are not taking to you."

6. (humorous, figurative, uncommon) Regarding a pain in the ass.

Related terms

• proctoscopically

See also

• up someone's ass