Vocabulary

digital rectal exam

直腸(ちょくちょう)指(し)診(しん)

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(1) Noun, Phrase

A digital rectal exam (DRE) is a test that examines a person's lower rectum, pelvis, and lower belly. This test can help your doctor check for cancer and other health problems, including: Prostate cancer in men. An abnormal mass in the anus or rectum.  (cancer.net)

Examples

  1. My patients really hate when they have to have a digital rectal exam, understandably.

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