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| Medication used to induce emptying of the bowel that is stronger than a laxative |
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| Gray stool mixed with fat mucus resulting from malabsorption of fat. |
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| Collection of buddy like or hardened feces in the rectum or sigmoid colon that prevents the passage of normal stool |
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| Inability to voluntarily control passage of feces and gas |
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| Amount of gas that normally occurs in the Gi tract |
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| Surgical procedure used to create an opening through the abdominal wall and into the intestine. |
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| Body waste discharged from the intestine |
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| Feces are abnormally hard and dry evacuation is abnormally infrequent |
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| Rapid movement of fecal matter through intestine resulting in poor absorption of water, nutrients, electrolytes producing watery stools |
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| Opening between abdominal wall and the intestine through which fecal material passes |
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| Surgical procedure involving creation of an opening between colon & abdominal wall |
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| Medication used along with a cathartic to induce emptying of the bowel |
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| Surgical procedure involving the creation of an opening between the ileum and abdominal wall |
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| Test to measure occult blood |
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| Presence of abnormal amounts of gas in GI tract causing abdominal dissension or discomfort |
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| Absence of peristalsis for more than 3 days |
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| Rhythmic smooth muscle contractions of the intestinal wall that propel the intestinal contents forward |
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| Amount of blood that is too small to be seen without a microscope |
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