rectocele etymology

English word rectocele comes from English -cele, English recto- ((anatomy) rectum.)

Detailed word origin of rectocele

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-cele English (eng) (possibly, nonstandard) Alternative form of -coel (“cavity”) (medicine) A hernia.. (medicine) A tumour.
recto- English (eng) (anatomy) rectum.
rectocele English (eng) (pathology) A hernia of the rectum into the vagina.

Words with the same origin as rectocele

Descendants of -cele
adenocele amniocele blastocele bronchocele choledochocele encephalocele enterocele galactocele glossocele hepatocele keratocele laparocele lymphocele merocele mucocele omphalocele pneumatocele proctocele pseudocele spermatocele ureterocele urethrocele urocele varicocele
Descendants of recto-
rectitis rectoabdominal rectoanal rectococcygeal rectocolitis rectogenital rectoperineal rectopexy rectophobia rectorrhagia rectoscopy rectosigmoiditis rectotomy rectourethral rectouterine rectouterine pouch rectovaginal rectovaginal stenosis rectovaginouterine rectovesical rectovestibular rectovulvar