How to Use rectum in a Sentence

rectum

noun
  • The now solid stool leaves the large intestine and is stored in the rectum.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • One of the most common things that doctors find is ice in or near the rectum.
    Terry Demio, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Feces are stored in the colon, which is where the rectum highway leads.
    Zoë Ligon, Allure, 5 Nov. 2018
  • This will help to prevent any build-up of stinky gas in his rectum.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
  • This is done to rule out an STI as the cause of inflammation in the rectum.
    Ann Pietrangelo, SELF, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Polyps are bumps or tiny mushroom-like stalks that grow inside the colon or rectum.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The rectum is very near to the spine, so a tumor growing in this area would have been able to put enough pressure on the back to cause pain.
    Taylyn Washington-Harmon, Health, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Millions of cells from the gut, rectum and intestine also turned up no signs of the virus.
    Apoorva Mandavilli New York Times, Star Tribune, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Pinworms are small parasites that can live in your colon and rectum, per the NLM.
    Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Next comes surgery to remove the tumor in his rectum, planned for early fall.
    Outside Online, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Plus, there’s the fear of having a tube inserted into the rectum.
    Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 28 July 2019
  • These muscular contractions pass stool from one end of the colon to the rectum, says Staller.
    Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The prostate, which is located just below the bladder and in front of the rectum, makes some of the fluid that is part of semen.
    Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The colon and rectum make up the lower part of the digestive tract, or large intestine.
    Anne Grauel, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 21 Mar. 2021
  • His boss had instructed him to wrap the drugs in cellophane and keep them in his rectum at all times.
    Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2022
  • He is accused of shoving a stick in the boy’s rectum, causing an infection that led to the boy’s death.
    Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Chlamydia in the rectum can cause pain, discharge, and bleeding.
    Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Infection can occur in the genitals, the rectum, and the throat.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 1 Nov. 2023
  • In women, the urethra — the gateway to the urinary tract — is in proximity to the rectum.
    Matt Richtel, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2019
  • These muscles work like a hammock to brace organs such as the uterus, bladder, and rectum.
    Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 10 May 2019
  • The colon is the large intestine, which is a tube in the abdomen about 5 feet long that helps move solid stool from the small intestine to the rectum.
    Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 7 June 2018
  • The Emiratis told the victims to undress and lie down — and then spread their legs open, touched their genitals and probed their rectums.
    Maggie Michael, Fox News, 21 June 2018
  • That's because the rectum can suck things inside the body like a vacuum (unlike the vaginal canal, which ends with the cervix).
    Zoë Ligon, Allure, 5 Nov. 2018
  • Pain may extend to the testes, rectum, or lower abdomen.
    Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 1 June 2023
  • The rectum is the lower portion of our digestive tract.
    Yana Tallon-Hicks, Teen Vogue, 25 Jan. 2020
  • Isaiah died from an infection caused when a stick was shoved in his rectum.
    Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2023
  • According to the Mayo Clinic, a colonoscopy is an exam used to looked for changes in the large intestine (also called the colon) and the rectum.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022
  • He is accused of shoving a stick in his son's rectum, causing an infection that led to the boy's death.
    Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system located below the bladder and in front of the rectum.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Some of the Jane Does in the lawsuit said that Broadbent put his fingers in their rectum, surprising them and causing pain.
    Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Mar. 2022

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