proctalgian.
/prɒkˈtaldʒ(ɪ)ə/, U.S. /prɑkˈtældʒə/ Medicine.
Pain in the anus or rectum; (in later use) spec. (more fully proctalgia fugax) a condition characterized by episodes of sudden severe pain in the anorectal region, usually attributed to spasm of the anorectal musculature.
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1772 D. MacBride Methodical Introd. Theory & Pract. Physic 177 Proctalgia.—Distinguished by a fixed pain in the anus, or lower part of the rectum.
1811 R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.) Proctalgia,..a violent pain at the anus. It is mostly symptomatic of some disease, as piles.
1876 W. H. Burt Therapeutics Tuberculosis 203/1 Painful diarrhœa, with profuse discharge of blood; proctalgia; urine smells like horses' urine.
1935 T. E. H. Thaysen in Lancet 3 Aug. 243 (title) Proctalgia fugax: a little known form of pain in the rectum.
1947 Marion (Ohio) Star 15 July 7/4 Attacks of proctalgia fugax may last a few minutes or several hours.
2001 J. Le Fanu They don't know what's Wrong ix. 160 A young boy who had typical bouts of proctalgia nightly for four or five nights recurring every six months or so.
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1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1018/2 Proctalgia, term for nervous pain of the anus: proctalgy.
1876 J. Thomas Comprehensive Medical Dict. 443/2 Nervous pain of the anus or rectum: proctalgy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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