intestinal constipation

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• Intestinal pseudoobstruction — Classification and external resources ICD 9 560.89 OMIM 155310 DiseasesDB …   Wikipedia

• Constipation — in a young child as seen by X ray. Circles represent areas of fecal matter (stool is opaque white surrounded by black bowel gas) …   Wikipedia

• Constipation — La constipation (d après le latin co  : « avec »+ stipare : rendre raide, compact ) est une difficulté à déféquer. Les selles sont alors généralement dures et de petit volume. Plusieurs définitions médicales coexistent, la… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Constipation — Infrequent (and frequently incomplete) bowel movements. The opposite of diarrhea, constipation is commonly caused by irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulosis, and medications (constipation can paradoxically be caused by overuse of laxatives).… …   Medical dictionary

• constipation — /kon steuh pay sheuhn/, n. 1. a condition of the bowels in which the feces are dry and hardened and evacuation is difficult and infrequent. 2. Informal. a state of slowing down, sluggishness, or inactivity. 3. Obs. the act of crowding anything… …   Universalium

• constipation — n. a condition in which bowel evacuations occur infrequently, or in which the faeces are hard and small, or where passage of faeces causes difficulty or pain. The frequency of bowel evacuation varies considerably from person to person and the… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Intestinal colic — Colic Col ic, n. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, the colon. The disease is so named from its being seated in or near the colon. See {Colon}.] (Med.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Intestinal pseudo-obstruction — Symptoms of intestinal obstruction with no sign of actual physical obstruction. This condition may be due to problems with the nerves that control intestinal muscles or other causes. Treatment depends on the cause. * * * a condition characterized …   Medical dictionary

• Intestinal obstruction — Blockage of the intestine by infolding (intussusception), malformation, tumor, digestive problems, a foreign body, or inflammation. Symptoms can include crampy abdominal pain, lack of ability to eliminate normal feces, and eventually shock. On… …   Medical dictionary

• Intestinal — Intestin Dessin simplifié du système digestif (manuscrit persan du XVIIe écrit par Mansur ibn Muhammad Ahmad, bibliothèque de Majles, Téhéran) …   Wikipédia en Français

• intestinal obstruction — blockage of the intestines producing symptoms of vomiting, distension, and abdominal pain; failure to pass flatus or faeces (complete constipation) is usual. The causes may be acute (e.g. hernia) or chronic (e.g. tumours, Crohn s disease).… …   The new mediacal dictionary