anorectal

1. 1.

   pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together

Questions about anorectal

What does anorectal mean?

anorectal means "pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together".

How many syllables are in anorectal?

anorectal has 4 syllables and divides as a-no-rec-tal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is anorectal a common word?

anorectal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.