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| helps to reestablish normal bowel movements in persons who suffer from constipation, diarrhea, incontinence, or irregularity. Healthy bowel activity is considered one or two movements of moderate size every day. |
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| An agent for purging the bowels, especially a laxative. |
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the semifluid mass into which food is converted by gastric secretion and which passes from the stomach into the small intestine.
the semifluid mass of partly digested food expelled by the stomach into the duodenum |
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| the construction of an artificial opening from the colon through the abdominal wall, thus bypassing a diseased portion of the lower intestine and permitting the passage of intestinal contents. |
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to discharge from the anus
vi : to discharge feces from the bowels |
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| Excessive and frequent evacuation of watery feces |
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| an abnormal pouch or sac opening from a hollow organ (as the colon or bladder) |
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| something that flows out, especially a discharge that carries waste products. |
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| a long slender medical instrument used for examining the interior of hollow organs including the lung, stomach, bladder, and bowel |
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| the injection of liquid into the intestine by way of the anus (as for cleansing or examination) |
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| To tear or wear off the skin of; abrade |
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| bodily waste matter derived from ingested food and the secretions of the intestines and discharged through the anus |
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| The presence of excessive gas in the digestive tract. |
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| intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane. |
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| a medical instrument for examining the interior of the stomach |
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| diagnostic tool used to evaluate fecal matter in an effort to detect abnormalities associated with gastrointestinal tract dysfunction. Evaluated for the presence of blood, fecal occult blood test |
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| The condition of having foul-smelling breath. |
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| surgical formation of an artificial anus by connecting the ileum to an opening in the abdominal wall |
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| lodgment or an instance of lodgment of feces in the bowels |
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| unable to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of feces. |
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| the discharge of black, tarry, bloody stools, usually resulting from a hemorrhage |
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| the occurrence of intestinal blockage in the absence of an actual physical obstruction. This type of blockage is caused by a malfunction in the nerves and muscles in the intestine that impairs digestive movement |
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| successive waves of involuntary contraction passing along the walls of a hollow muscular structure (as the esophagus or intestine) and forcing the contents onward compare |
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| a chronic condition in which acid from the stomach flows back into the lower esophagus, causing pain or tissue damage. |
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an artificial permanent opening especially in the abdominal wall made in surgical procedures
ex: colostomy stoma |
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| used to aid diagnosis of intrinsic sphincteric deficiency (ISD) in urodynamic tests. Valsalva leak point pressure is the pressure that is associated with urine leakage |
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