proctologist
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8.2
- noun
- /prɒkˈtɒlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
- If you have any concerns about your health, it's important to visit a proctologist for an examination.
- appointment with the proctologist
- go to the proctologist
- want a proctologist
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Examples
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I want a proctologist standing by!
Fiction book (1994) -
Ask a proctologist.
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What did your proctologist say?
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I want a proctologist standing by.
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Gotta run; my proctologist is on the other line.
Blog text (25) -
As soon as you get home, you need to see a proctologist.
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Then go see a proctologist.
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She works for a proctologist.
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We got two brain surgeons, a proctologist and three nurses from Bellevue.
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She's a proctologist.
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
proctologist = proctology (semi-transparent) = proct + ology + ist
The word is regularly formed from the specialized base 'proctology' plus '-ist', but the classical medical base is not familiar to most learners.
Etymology
The word proctologist comes from an old Greek part procto- meaning 'anus' and the ending -logist meaning 'one who studies', like a biologist studies life. So a proctologist is a doctor who looks after and treats problems of the rectum and anus.