English words starting with proc - page 4

(of people or animals) produce young; reproduce.

The production of offspring; reproduction.

Connected with or related to producing young animals or babies

Of or tending to procreation; procreative.

A female procreator, a mother.

= procreatress .

(especially of a framework or system) enforcing uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality.

Procrustean nature or character; procrustean methods or principles.

To enforce uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality; to stretch or contract unnaturally.

A robber who forced travellers to lie on a bed and made them fit it by stretching their limbs or cutting off the appropriate length of leg. theseus killed him in like manner.

Procryptic colouring or marking.

Designating, relating to, or exhibiting colouring or marking in animals that protects them from predators by concealing them against the background environment. contrasted with "anticryptic".

Pain in the anus or rectum; (in later use) specifically (more fully "proctalgia fugax") a condition characterized by episodes of sudden severe pain in the anorectal region, usually attributed to spasm of the anorectal musculature.

Surgical excision of the rectum; an instance of this.

Inflammation of the rectum and anus.

A herniated or prolapsed rectum; = "rectocele".

Inflammation of the rectum and colon.

Plastic surgery of the rectum or anus.

Of or relating to the proctodeum.

The posterior portion of the alimentary canal, especially in an embryo (in which it occurs as an invagination of the epiblast or ectoderm); specifically the hindgut of an insect or other arthropod.

Of or relating to the proctodeum.

The posterior portion of the alimentary canal, especially in an embryo (in which it occurs as an invagination of the epiblast or ectoderm); specifically the hindgut of an insect or other arthropod.

The posterior portion of the alimentary canal, especially in an embryo (in which it occurs as an invagination of the epiblast or ectoderm); specifically the hindgut of an insect or other arthropod.

Pain in the anus or rectum; (in later use) specifically constant anorectal pain.

Of or relating to proctology (also figurative).