ENCOPRESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does encopresis mean? 

• ENCOPRESIS (noun)
  The noun ENCOPRESIS has 1 sense:

1. involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness

  Familiarity information: ENCOPRESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENCOPRESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("encopresis" is a kind of...):

disturbance; folie; mental disorder; mental disturbance; psychological disorder ((psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness)

 Context examples 

Also called: encopresis, stool soiling

(Bowel Incontinence, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)