rectally
advEtymology From rectal + -ly.
1
Through the rectum.
- The thermometer had to be inserted rectally.
- “When you do it rectally you may still throw up, but there’s nothing to throw up here. It’s kind of like a point of no return once you put it in there that way.”2012 September 26, Jacque Wilson, “Experts: Alcohol enemas ‘extremely dangerous’”, in CNN:
- Synonyms
- per rectum, PR
- Related terms
- per-rectal, rectal