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15 Cards in this Set
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constipation
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difficult passage of stool, infrequent defecation
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defecation
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evacuation of bowels
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diarrhea
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frequent passage of watery bowel movements
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dysuria
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painful urination
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eurctation
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passage of gas from oral cavity
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fecal impaction
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colon filled with hard or soft stool which can't be expelled, liquid stool can ooze around hardened mass.
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feces
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excrement
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flatus
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expelling of gas from anus
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frequency
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(urinary) urination at short intervals without increase in vol., r/t anxiety, infection, enlarged prostate, decreased bladder capacity
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guaiac
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hematest, hemocult. test on stool for occult blood
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hemorrhoid
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tortuous veins in anorectal area-- internal or external
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melena
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black tarry stool- r/t action of intestinal juices on free blood
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peristalsis
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wave-like movements in the gastrointestinal tract, heard in abdomen
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stool
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bowel movement, feces
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suppository-
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semisolid substance introduced into rectum, vagina, or urethra where it dissolves
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