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Cloacal

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clo·a·ca  (kl-k)
n. pl. clo·a·cae (-s)
1. A sewer or latrine.
2. Zoology
a. The common cavity into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open in vertebrates such as fish, reptiles, birds, and some primitive mammals.
b. The posterior part of the intestinal tract in various invertebrates.

[Latin cloca, sewer, canal.]

clo·acal (-kl) adj.


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What''s more, leaking waste matter discharge from the body, passage of bloody stools, redness of cloacal opening, severe itching and other symptoms will arise.
However, Emily was born with an extremely complex condition known as cloacal anomaly - a condition which affects only girls and is so rare that doctors in the North East see just one case in five years.
However, Emily was born with an extremely complex condition known as cloacal anomaly - a condition which affects only girls and is so rare that doctors in the North East see just one case in five ye a rs.
 
 
 
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