bowel control
Holding it in
Bowel control is the ability to regulate when and where you defecate.
Loss of bowel control—incontinence—can result from injury, illness, aging, or childbirth.
The phrase appears most often in medical contexts: The patient has regained bowel control after surgery.
Parents celebrate when toddlers achieve bowel control during toilet training.
- continenceControl over bodily functions
- sphincterMuscle encircling body opening
- bladderOrgan holding urine
- rectumTerminal intestinal chamber
- colonLarge intestine section
pelvic floor · pelvic floor exercises · diaper · adult diapers · accident · urgency · constipation · toilet · bathroom · toilet training · holding · release · muscle · muscle tone · training · potty · Kegel · nerve
- housetrainingpotty training, toilet training, housebreaking, housebroken, house-trained
- pelvispelvis, pelvic bone, pubic bone, pelvic cavity, pelvic floor
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