What does "dyschezia" mean?

Difficult or painful defecation.

Dyschezia

Q: What is a synonym for "dyschezia"?

Common synonyms include: defecation disorder term, difficult defecation, infant dyschezia, infantile dyschezia, painful defecation, pediatric dyschezia.

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Noun

1
Difficult or painful defecation. uncountable
"The diagnostic criteria for infant dyschezia are at least 10 minutes of straining and crying before successful passage of soft stools in an otherwise healthy infant less than six months of age."
2
difficulty in defecating (usually as a consequence of long continued voluntary suppression of the urge to defecate) wordnet

Synonyms

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defecation disorder term difficult defecation infant dyschezia infantile dyschezia painful defecation pediatric dyschezia

Antonyms

All antonyms

normal defecation normal infancy defecation normal infant defecation unproblematic defecation

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"The diagnostic criteria for infant dyschezia are at least 10 minutes of straining and crying before successful passage of soft stools in an otherwise healthy infant less than six months of age."

Etymology

From dys- + -chezia.

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