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Digital rectal exam (DRE) — An exam to detect abnormalities that can be felt (palpated) from within the rectum. The doctor inserts a lubricated, gloved finger into the rectum and feels for anything that is not normal. The digital rectal exam is an important screening test… … Medical dictionary
Rectal exam, digital (DRE) — An exam done to detect abnormalities that can be felt (palpated) from within the rectum. The doctor inserts a lubricated, gloved finger into the rectum and feels for anything that is not normal. The digital rectal exam is an important screening… … Medical dictionary
Examination, digital rectal (DRE) — An exam done to detect abnormalities that can be felt (palpated) from within the rectum. The doctor inserts a lubricated, gloved finger into the rectum and feels for anything that is not normal. The digital rectal exam is an important screening… … Medical dictionary
Rectal examination — Intervention Digital rectal exam: side view of the male reproductive and urinary anatomy, including the prostate, rectum, and bladder. ICD 9 CM 89.34 … Wikipedia
DRE — damage response element [DNA]; digital rectal examination; dioxin responsive elements; dioxin responsive enhancer; direct response element * * * DRE abbr digital rectal exam; digital rectal examination * * * digital rectal examination … Medical dictionary
Rectal (noun) — An informal term for a digital rectal exam (DRE) done to detect abnormalities that can be felt (palpated) from within the rectum. The doctor inserts a lubricated, gloved finger into the rectum and feels for anything that is not normal. The… … Medical dictionary
DRE — Dressing (Medical » Physiology) ** Digital Rectal Examination (Computing » General) * Digital Rectal Exam (Medical » Physiology) * Director Of Religious Education (Community) * Drug Recognition Expert (Governmental » Police) * Dynamic Reasoning… … Abbreviations dictionary
Prostate cancer — is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. It occurs when cells of the prostate mutate and begin to multiply out of control. These cells may spread (metastasize) from the prostate to other… … Wikipedia
Colorectal cancer — Classification and external resources Diagram of the lower gastrointestinal tract ICD 10 C … Wikipedia
Polyp (medicine) — Infobox Disease Name = Colon polyps Caption = Polyp of sigmoid colon as revealed by colonoscopy. Approximately 1 cm in diameter. The polyp was removed by snare cautery DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|K|63|5|k|55 various ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM =… … Wikipedia
