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MeSH Heading: Fecal Impaction
Tree Number(s): C06.405.469.531.424
Unique ID: D005244
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005244
Scope Note: Formation of a firm impassable mass of stool in the RECTUM or distal COLON.
Entry Term(s): Fecalith; Feces, Impacted
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see FECES, IMPACTED 1964-2003
History Note: 2004 (1964)
Date Established: 1964/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09

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)

Fecal Impaction MeSH Descriptor Data 2025