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Fecal Incontinence
MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
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MeSH Tree Structures
Concepts
MeSH Heading
Fecal Incontinence
Tree Number(s)
C06.405.469.860.300
Unique ID
D005242
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005242
Annotation
of organic origin: differentiate from
ENCOPRESIS
, of psychological origin
Scope Note
Failure of voluntary control of the anal sphincters, with involuntary passage of feces and flatus.
Entry Term(s)
Bowel Incontinence
Fecal Soiling
NLM Classification #
WI 603
See Also
Defecography
Encopresis
Public MeSH Note
70
History Note
70(66)
Date Established
1970/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2018/06/29
Allowable Qualifiers
blood (BL)
cerebrospinal fluid (CF)
chemically induced (CI)
classification (CL)
complications (CO)
congenital (CN)
diagnosis (DI)
diagnostic imaging (DG)
diet therapy (DH)
drug therapy (DT)
economics (EC)
embryology (EM)
enzymology (EN)
epidemiology (EP)
ethnology (EH)
etiology (ET)
genetics (GE)
history (HI)
immunology (IM)
metabolism (ME)
microbiology (MI)
mortality (MO)
nursing (NU)
parasitology (PS)
pathology (PA)
physiopathology (PP)
prevention & control (PC)
psychology (PX)
radiotherapy (RT)
rehabilitation (RH)
surgery (SU)
therapy (TH)
urine (UR)
veterinary (VE)
virology (VI)
Digestive System Diseases [C06]
Gastrointestinal Diseases [C06.405]
Intestinal Diseases [C06.405.469]
Rectal Diseases [C06.405.469.860]
Anus Diseases [C06.405.469.860.101]
Colorectal Neoplasms [C06.405.469.860.180]
Fecal Incontinence [C06.405.469.860.300]
Hemorrhoids [C06.405.469.860.401]
Low Anterior Resection Syndrome [C06.405.469.860.512]
Proctitis [C06.405.469.860.622]
Rectal Fistula [C06.405.469.860.752]
Rectal Prolapse [C06.405.469.860.800]
Rectocele [C06.405.469.860.810]
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Fecal Incontinence
Preferred
Concept UI
M0008281
Scope Note
Failure of voluntary control of the anal sphincters, with involuntary passage of feces and flatus.
Terms
Fecal Incontinence
Preferred Term
Term UI
T016035
Date
01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1966)
Bowel Incontinence
Term UI
T000943842
Date
06/08/2018
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2019)
Fecal Soiling
Related
Concept UI
M000643627
Terms
Fecal Soiling
Preferred Term
Term UI
T000944354
Date
06/29/2018
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2019)
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