Meanings
Origin
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, indirectly from Latin rectum by the same path whence also English rectum (which see).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish recto-
- recto-rectum
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APA
recto-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recto-
MLA
“recto-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recto-. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recto-,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recto-.
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