Feces
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Excrement from the INTESTINES, containing unabsorbed solids, waste products, secretions, and BACTERIA of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. |
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/parasitol: often coord with PARASITE EGG COUNT; consider also DEFECATION; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FECAL IMPACTION & FECAL INCONTINENCE; fecalith: index FECAL IMPACTION; fecal blood: index under OCCULT BLOOD & not also here |
Feces Categories.
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Meconium - The thick green-to-black mucilaginous material found in the intestines of a full-term fetus. It consists of secretions of the intestinal glands, BILE PIGMENTS, FATTY ACIDS, AMNIOTIC FLUID, and intrauterine debris. It constitutes the first stools passed by a newborn. |
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Melena - The black, tarry, foul-smelling FECES that contain degraded blood. |
Feces Definitions and Terms
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