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| a receptacle for urine and feces for clients who are restricted to bed |
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| loss of voluntary ability to control fecal and gaseous discharges through the anal sphincter |
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| an agent that promotes the passage of flatus from the colon |
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| drugs that induce defecation |
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| digested products that leave the stomach through the small intestine and then pass through the ileocecal valve |
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| an opening into the colon (large bowel) |
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| a portable, chairlike structure used as a toilet |
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| passage of small, dry, hard stool or passage of no stool for an abnormally long time |
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| expulsion of feces from the rectum and anus |
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| defecation of liquid feces and increased frequency of defecation |
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| a solution introduced into the rectum and sigmoid colon to remove feces and/or flatus |
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| a mass or collection of hardened, puttylike feces in the folds of the rectum |
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| (stool) body wastes and undigested food eliminated from the bowel |
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the presence of excessive amounts of gas in the stomach or intestines
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| gas or air normally present in the stomach or intestines |
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| increased peristalsis of the colon after food has entered the stomach |
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| pouches that form in the large intestine when the longitudinal muscles are shorter than the colon |
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| (shuffling) movement of the chyme back and forth within the haustra in the large intestine |
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| distended veins in the rectum |
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| an opening into the ileum (small bowel) |
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| the act of taking in food or medication |
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| medications that stimulate bowel activity and assist fecal elimination |
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involves a wave of powerful muscular contraction that moves over large areas of the colon; usually occurs after eating
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| the first fecal material passed by the newborn, normally up to 24 hours after birth |
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| a suffix denoting the formation of an opening or outlet such as an opening on the abdominal wall for the elimination of feces or urine |
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| wavelike movements produced by circular and longitudinal muscle fibers of the intestinal walls; it propels the intestinal contents onward |
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| an artificial opening in the abdominal wall; it may be permanent or temporary |
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| solid, cone-shaped, medicated substances inserted into the rectum, vagina, or urethra |
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