evacuatory — ozdic

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EVACUATORY + NOUN

dysfunction

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adj

1

Pertaining to evacuation, especially evacuation of the gastrointestinal tract.

Consequently, disruption of the evacuatory function of the stomach during the first few days after introduction of cystamine and irradiation was more pronounce than when these factors acted separately.

We have located the origins and mechanisms of violence in the violating unbearable affective experience, which occurs as a consequence of failures of attunement or affective containment and in the projective, evacuatory psychological defences that then arise.

noun

1

A purgative; a laxative.

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Consequently, disruption of the evacuatory function of the stomach during the first few days after introduction of cystamine and irradiation was more pronounce than when these factors acted separately

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We have located the origins and mechanisms of violence in the violating unbearable affective experience, which occurs as a consequence of failures of attunement or affective containment and in the pro

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Evacuatory dysfunction may be due to mechanical obstruction or functional etiologies or impaired rectal sensation.

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