- fecal incontinence
- Inability to hold stool in the rectum.
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fecal incontinence
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Fecal incontinence — ICD 10 R15 ICD 9 787.6 Fecal incontinence (or faecal incontinence, FI) is the loss of regular control of the bowels. Involuntary excretion and leaking are common occurrences for those affected. Subjects relating to defecation … Wikipedia
Fecal incontinence — Inability to hold feces in the rectum. This is due to failure of voluntary control over the anal sphincters permitting untimely passage of feces and gas. Also called rectal incontinence. * * * incontinence of the feces failure of control of the… … Medical dictionary
Fecal occult blood — Classification and external resources Cards and bottle used for the Hemoccult test, a type of stool guaiac test. ICD 10 R … Wikipedia
Incontinence — is used in Medicine and Philosophy.MedicineIncontinence is the lack of voluntary control of excretory functions; the term is a contraction of a complete expression, such as incontinence of urine or incontinence of feces . Incontinence mostly… … Wikipedia
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Incontinence — Inability to control excretions. Urinary incontinence is inability to keep urine in the bladder. Fecal incontinence is inability to retain feces in the rectum. * * * 1. Inability to prevent the discharge of any of the excretions, especially of… … Medical dictionary
incontinence — Inability to control the flow of urine from the bladder (urinary incontinence) or the escape of stool from the rectum (fecal incontinence) … English dictionary of cancer terms
Fecal — Relating to the feces, the stool. the excrement discharged from the intestines. From the Latin faex and faecis meaning the dregs or sediment. * * * Relating to feces. * * * fe·cal or chiefly Brit fae·cal fē kəl adj of, relating to, or… … Medical dictionary
Incontinence, rectal — Inability to hold feces in the rectum due to failure of voluntary control over the anal sphincters with involuntary passage of feces and gas. Also called fecal incontinence … Medical dictionary
incontinence — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ faecal/fecal, urinary (both medical) ▪ stress, urge (both medical) VERB + INCONTINENCE ▪ suffer from … Collocations dictionary
