FECAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fecal mean? 

• FECAL (adjective)
  The adjective FECAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to feces

  Familiarity information: FECAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FECAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to feces

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

faecal; fecal

Context example:

fecal matter

Pertainym:

faeces (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels)

 Context examples 

Inhibition of gastrointestinal lipase causes a decrease in lipid absorption and a increase in fecal excretion.

(Gastrointestinal Lipase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

It can be transmitted through fecal contamination of food or water.

(Hepatitis A Infection, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Also called fecal occult blood test.

(FOBT, NCI Dictionary)

A fecal occult blood test that uses an immunological assay to detect hemoglobin in stool.

(Fecal Immunochemical Test, NCI Thesaurus)

An elimination disorder characterized by fecal incontinence, whether involuntary or intentional, which is not due to a medical condition and which occurs at an age of at least 4 years.

(Encopresis, NCI Thesaurus)

Wound, Ostomy and Continence (WOC) Nurses manage conditions such as stomas, draining wounds, fistulas, vascular ulcers, pressure ulcers, neuropathic wounds, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and functional disorders of the bowel and bladder.

(Enterostomal Therapy Nurse Specialist, NCI Thesaurus)

They feed on human blood, and they lay their eggs and deposit their fecal matter on the skin (they may also lay their eggs in clothing).

(Human Body Louse, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called immunoassay fecal occult blood test, immunochemical fecal occult blood test, and immunologic fecal occult blood test.

(iFOBT, NCI Dictionary)

Inability to control the flow of urine from the bladder (urinary incontinence) or the escape of stool from the rectum (fecal incontinence).

(Incontinence, NCI Dictionary)

As an antidiarrheal agent, it slows transit of intestinal contents by increasing intestinal smooth muscle tone and inhibiting motility; water is absorbed from fecal contents, decreasing diarrhea.

(Opium Tincture, NCI Thesaurus)