111989001: Defecation (observable entity)

SNOMED CT Concept\Observable entity\...

\Process (observable entity)\Activity (observable entity)\Activity of daily living\...

\Basic activity of daily living (observable entity)\Toileting\Defaecation

\Personal care activity (observable entity)\Personal hygiene activities\Toileting\Defaecation

\Any function or property that is not mainly morphologic or structural, including both measurable and observable features and physiologic actions\Activity of daily living\Basic activity of daily living (observable entity)\Toileting\Defaecation
\Any function or property that is not mainly morphologic or structural, including both measurable and observable features and physiologic actions\Activity of daily living\Personal care activity (observable entity)\Personal hygiene activities\Toileting\Defaecation
\Any function or property that is not mainly morphologic or structural, including both measurable and observable features and physiologic actions\Digestive system function\Gastrointestinal tract function (observable entity)\Large bowel function (observable entity)\Defaecation

Status: current, Not sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2002. Module: SNOMED CT core

Descriptions:

Id Description Lang Type Status Case? Module

179246010 Defecation en Synonym (core metadata concept) Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core

367332015 Defaecation en Synonym (core metadata concept) Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core

2528643019 Defecation (observable entity) en Fully specified name Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core

2073671000005113 defækation da Synonym (core metadata concept) Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) Danish module (core metadata concept)

Expanded Value Set

Outbound Relationships	Type	Target	Active	Characteristic	Refinability	Group	Values
Defaecation	Is a	Large bowel function (observable entity)	true	Inferred relationship	Some
Defaecation	Is a	Toileting	true	Inferred relationship	Some

Inbound Relationships	Type	Active	Source	Characteristic	Refinability	Group
Protracted diarrhea	Interprets	False	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some
Diarrhea and vomiting	Interprets	False	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some
Afgang af vandig afføring	Interprets	False	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some
Postprandial diarrhoea	Interprets	False	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some
Increased frequency of defecation	Interprets	True	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Passage of rice water stools	Interprets	False	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some
Pseudodiarrhea	Interprets	True	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Decreased frequency of defaecation	Interprets	True	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Defecation straining	Interprets	True	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Diarrhea	Interprets	False	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some
Urgent desire for stool	Interprets	True	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some	2
Passes stool completely	Interprets	True	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some	2
diarré og opkastning, symptom	Interprets	False	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some
Diarrhea symptom NOS	Interprets	False	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some
Increased frequency of defecation	Interprets	False	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Decreased frequency of defaecation	Interprets	False	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Normal defaecation	Interprets	True	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some	2
Fecal incontinence with fecal urgency (finding)	Interprets	True	Defaecation	Inferred relationship	Some	3

This concept is not in any reference sets