Definition of Fecal impaction

1. Noun. Accumulation of hardened feces in the rectum or lower colon which the person cannot move.

Generic synonyms: Constipation, Irregularity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fecal Impaction

febrile seizure
febrile urine
febrile urticaria
febrilities
febrility
febris
febris undulans
februate
februated
februates
februating
februation
februations
feceated
feceates
feceating
fecht
fechter

Literary usage of Fecal impaction

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"Perhaps the difficulty in drawing the line of definition between marked degrees of constipation and the condition of fecal impaction has led to the ..."

2. Diseases of the rectum and anus by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1906)
"CHAPTER VII fecal impaction ... FECAL impaction is the accumulation within the bowel of large, hard, oval, or nodular fecal masses, which resist the natural ..."

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