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Encopresis is the voluntary or involuntary passage of stools in a child over age 4, which causes the soiling of clothes.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 26, 2007
Repeated involuntary or inappropriate bowel movement in children age four or older.Encopresis is defined as repeated involuntary defecation somewhere other than a toilet by a child age four or older that continues for at least one month. Soiling, ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Encopresis is an elimination disorder that involves repeatedly having bowel movements in inappropriate places after the age when bowel control is normally expected. Encopresis is also called"soiling" or"fecal incontinence.".By four years of age, m...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Encopresis is defined as repeated involuntary defecation somewhere other than a toilet by a child age four or older that continues for at least one month.Soiling, fecal soiling, and fecal incontinence are alternate terms used for this behavior. Wh...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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