"orally"

[Sp2fr2]

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Hi

I've been asked to help someone understand a report by a radiologist that is in a language they don't speak. I've got a sentence that I think means that something "is located X cm orally before the anal verge". What would 'orally' mean here, or is it perhaps a typo?

Many thanks!

 

[odyssey2]

I think they mean X cm “above” the anal verge, as in closer to the head/oral cavity of the GI tract.

 

[Sp2fr2]

Super, thanks for this, much appreciated.