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FUNCTIONAL ENCOPRESIS [1 record]

Record 1 2017-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Digestive Tract
  • Nervous System
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

[The] repeated [and generally involuntary, but occasionally intentional,] passage of feces into inappropriate places[, that is] not exclusively attributable to the physiological effect of a substance ... or another medical condition ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil digestif
  • Système nerveux
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

[Émission de selles à répétition, généralement involontairement, mais parfois délibérément,] dans des endroits inappropriés[, qui n'est] pas exclusivement imputable aux effets physiologiques d'une substance [...] ni à une autre affection médicale [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aparato digestivo
  • Sistema nervioso
  • Psicología clínica
DEF

Incontinencia fecal de origen psicológico y no propiamente orgánico.

OBS

encopresis: El significado del término se ha expandido para abarcar también la incontinencia fecal de origen orgánico.

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