"pain in the anus or rectum," 1811, from medical Latin proct-, Latinized form of Greek combining form of prōktos "anus" (see proctology) + algos "pain" (see -algia).
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proctology n.
"branch of medicine concerned with the anus or rectum," 1896, from Latinized form of Greek prōktos "anus" (from PIE *prokto-, source also of Armenian erastan-k' "buttocks") + -logy "study of." Related: Proctologist (1897).
-algia
word-forming element denoting "pain," from Greek algos "pain," algein "to feel pain," which is of unknown origin. Related to alegein "to care about," originally "to feel pain."