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Feces
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Intestinal waste products.
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Stool
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Excreted feces.
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Peristalsis
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Involuntary, progressive wavelike movement of the musculature of the gastrointestinal tract.
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Flatus
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Intestinal gas.
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Hemorrhoids
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Abnormally distended rectal veins.
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Defecation
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Emptying of the intestinal tract; bowel movement.
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Valsalva's maneuver
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Forcible exhalatio against a closed glottis, resulting in increased intrathoracic pressure.
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Distention
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Swollen from internal pressure.
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Paralytic ileus
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Paralysis of intestinal peristalsis.
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Constipation
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Passage of dry, hard fecal material.
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Cathartic
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Medication that strongly increases gastrointestinal motility and promotes defecation.
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Laxative
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Drug used to induce emptying of intestinal tract.
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Diarrhea
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Passage of liquid, unformed stools.
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Impaction
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Mass of stone-like fecal matter forms in rectum.
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Enema
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Introductio of solution into the lower bowel.
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