lazy bowel syndrome

noun

A clinical pattern of chronic constipation in which colonic propulsion or whole-gut transit is abnormally slow, resulting in prolonged stool retention.

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nounlazy bowel syndrome (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountablegastroenterologyA clinical pattern of chronic constipation in which colonic propulsion or whole-gut transit is abnormally slow, resulting in prolonged stool retention.
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