English words starting with proct - page 1

Meanings of Proctoscope:

noun

A medical instrument with an integral lamp for examining the anus and lower part of the rectum or carrying out minor medical procedures.

Usage examples:

To check for leaks, the surgeon at the rectal site inserts a proctoscope into the anus.

Meanings of Proctoscopes:

noun

A medical instrument with an integral lamp for examining the anus and lower part of the rectum or carrying out minor medical procedures.

Usage examples:

To check for leaks, the surgeon at the rectal site inserts a proctoscope into the anus.

Meanings of Proctotomy:

noun

Surgical incision into the rectum or anus; an instance of this.

Meanings of Proctotrypid:

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating a wasp of the family proctotrupidae (or, formerly, the superfamily proctotrupoidea), which comprises small parasitoids of insects (especially beetles and fungus gnats) and spiders.

noun

A proctotrupid wasp.

Meanings of Proctotrypoid:

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating a wasp of the superfamily proctotrupoidea, which includes proctotrupids (in some schemes), platygasterids, and other small parasitoids of insects and spiders.

noun

A proctotrupoid wasp.