proctosurgery etymology

English word proctosurgery comes from English surgery, English procto- (Dealing with the colon, rectum and anus.)

Detailed word origin of proctosurgery

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
surgery English (eng) (British) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.. (finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".. (medicine) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.. (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and [...]
procto- English (eng) Dealing with the colon, rectum and anus.
proctosurgery English (eng) (surgery) Surgery that affects the colon, rectum or anus.

Words with the same origin as proctosurgery

Descendants of surgery
Tagliacotian neurosurgeon neurosurgical proctosurgical psychosurgeon psychosurgical surgiholic
Descendants of procto-
proctalgia proctectomy proctitis proctocele proctocolectomy proctocolitis proctocracy proctography proctology proctoscope proctosigmoidoscopy proctotomy