Vocabulary : Proctitis to Proctucha
Proctitis : Inflammation of the rectum.Proctocele : Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani.
Proctodaeum : See Mesenteron.
Proctor : One who is employed to manage to affairs of another. ;; A person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, as lepers, the bedridden, etc.; hence a beggar. ;; An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity. ;; A representative of the clergy in convocation. ;; An officer in a university or college whose duty it is to enforce obedience to the laws of the institution. ;; To act as a proctor toward; to manage as an attorney or agent.
Proctorage : Management by a proctor, or as by a proctor; hence, control; superintendence; -- in contempt.
