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Definition of Dyschezia
1. Noun. Difficulty in defecating (usually as a consequence of long continued voluntary suppression of the urge to defecate).
Definition of Dyschezia
1. Noun. difficult or painful defecation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Dyschezia
1. Difficulty in defecation. Origin: dys-+ G. Chezo, to defecate (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dyschezia
Literary usage of Dyschezia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Index of differential diagnosis of main symptoms by Herbert French (1918)
"Fibrous stricture of the rectum is an occasional cause of dyschezia. especially in
... Cancer of the rectum or pelvic colon is a common cause of dyschezia ..."
2. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"(a) dyschezia The term dyschezia has been used by Hertz to designate those cases
of constipation in which defecation itself is incomplete or delayed. ..."
3. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"(a) dyschezia The term dyschezia has been used by Hertz to designate those cases
of constipation in which defecation itself is incomplete or delayed. ..."
4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"Typical fluoroscopic sketches in dyschezia made at the four, ten and twenty-eight
hour intervals as indicated by the figures upon the sketches. ..."
5. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1913)
"By "dyschezia" is meant the condition whereby the rectum fails to be emptied at
each defecation. Two forms are described. 1. Insufficient defecation. ..."
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