rectovesicaladj.
/ˌrɛktəʊˈviːsᵻkl/, /ˌrɛktəʊˈvɛsᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌrɛktoʊˈvɛsək(ə)l/ Of, relating to, or connecting the rectum and the urinary bladder.
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1824 Lancet 11 Sept. 332/2 (heading) Recto-vesical operation for Lithotomy.
1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 508 Three principal methods: perineal lithotomy, recto-vesical lithotomy, hypo~gastric lithotomy.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxvii. 740 In the gummatous form extensive and deep ulcers are formed in the rectum which may penetrate into the bladder, forming a recto-vesical fistula.
1986 Radiology 159 311 More posteriorly, the peritoneum covering the bladder is reflected onto the rectum to form the rectovesical space.
2000 Brit. Jrnl. Plastic Surg. 53 319/1 A recto-vesical cavity is created by blunt dissection making a space that will accommodate the length of two fingers.
Compounds
rectovesical pouch n. Anatomy a pocket of peritoneum located between the bladder and the rectum in the male, corresponding to the rectouterine pouch in the female.
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1834 Trans. Provinc. Med. & Surg. Assoc. 2 307 A gum lancet..was introduced through the anus, so as to reach a point a short distance beyond the recto-vesical pouch.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 665/1 The anterior peritoneal covering is also reflected off on to the bladder or vagina, forming the recto-vesical pouch in the male and the pouch of Douglas in the female.
2008 R. S. Snell Clin. Anat. by Regions (ed. 8) vii. 382/2 The leg of the bar stool had entered the rectovesical pouch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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