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Fecal incontinence
Fecal incontinence: Inability to hold feces in the rectum. This is due to failure of voluntary control over the anal sphincters permitting untimely passage of feces and gas. Also called rectal incontinence.
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- In vitro fertilization In the living organism, as opposed to in vitro (in the laboratory).
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