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