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Abstract
Formation of a firm impassable mass of stool in the RECTUM or distal COLON.
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- Impaction, Fecal
- Fecalith
- Feces, Impacted
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2004 (1964)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Fecal Impaction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005244. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005244
- Fecal Impaction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_impaction
- Fecal Impaction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1477327