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Digestive System Diseases > Gastrointestinal Diseases > Intestinal Diseases > Rectal Diseases > Fecal Incontinence

Preferred term

Fecal Incontinence  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Bowel Incontinence
  • Incontinence, Bowel

Note

  • of organic origin: differentiate from ENCOPRESIS, of psychological origin

Scope note

  • Failure of voluntary control of the anal sphincters, with involuntary passage of feces and flatus.

History note

  • 70(66)

In other languages

  • ulosteinkontinenssi

    Finnish

  • anaali-inkontinenssi
  • encopresis NAS
  • enkopreesi
  • incontinentia alvi
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön enkopreesi
  • ulosteen pidätyskyvyttömyys
  • ulosteenpidätyskyvyttömyys
  • Avföringsinkontinens

    Swedish

  • Analinkontinens
  • Fekalinkontinens

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005242

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