proctologist

English

Etymology

From proctology +‎ -ist or procto- +‎ -logy +‎ -ist.

Noun

proctologist (plural proctologists)

1. A doctor specializing in the colon, rectum, and anus; an expert in proctology.

   The referral was to a proctologist to treat the hemorrhoids.

Synonyms

• rear admiral (slang)

Derived terms

• coloproctologist

Related terms

• proctalgia

Translations

expert in proctology

Bulgarian: проктолог (bg) m or f (proktolog), колопроктолог m or f (koloproktolog) Catalan: proctòleg m French: proctologue (fr) m or f German: Proktologe (de) m, Proktologin (de) f Greek: πρωκτολόγος (el) m or f (proktológos) Italian: proctologo m, proctologa f Japanese: please add this translation if you can Polish: proktolog (pl) m Portuguese: proctólogo m, proctóloga f Romanian: proctolog (ro) m, proctologă (ro) f Russian: прокто́лог (ru) m (proktólog) Spanish: proctólogo (es) m Swedish: proktolog c Ukrainian: прокто́лог m (proktóloh)