Inability
71autotopagnosia — Inability to recognize or to orient any part of one s own body; caused by a parietal lobe lesion. Cf.:somatotopagnosis. [auto + G. topos, place, + G. a priv. + gnosis] * * * au·to·top·ag·no·sia .ȯt ō .täp ig nō zhə n loss of the power to… …
72topagnosis — Inability to localize tactile sensations. SYN: topoanesthesia. [top + G. a priv. + gnosis, recognition] * * * n. inability to identify a part of the body that has been touched. It is a symptom of disease in the parietal lobes of the brain. The… …
73male sterility — inability of the male to reproduce; three types are distinguished according to cause: aspermatogenic sterility is due to failure to produce living spermatozoa; dysspermatogenic sterility is due to an abnormality in spermatozoa production; and… …
74insolvency of building and loan association — Inability to satisfy the demands of members. Anno: 98 ALR 111; 13 Am J2d B & L Assoc § 101. Inability to pay back to members the amount of their contributions dollar for dollar. Rummens v Home Sav. & L. Asso. 182 Wash 539, 47 P2d 845, 100 ALR 570 …
75self-incompatibility — Inability of pollen grains to fertilize flowers of the same plant or its close relatives. Acts as a mechanism to ensure out breeding within some plant species, eg. in the case of the S gene complex in Brassicas …
76ejaculatory incompetence — inability of a male to achieve orgasm and to ejaculate during sexual intercourse despite adequacy of erection. * * * …
77Failure, heart — Inability of the heart to keep up with the demands on it and, specifically, failure of the heart to pump blood with normal efficiency. When this occurs, the heart is unable to provide adequate blood flow to other organs such as the brain, liver… …
78Fecal 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. * * * incontinence of the feces failure of control of the… …
79Incontinence of urine — Inability to hold urine in the bladder. This is due to failure of voluntary control over the urinary sphincters resulting in involuntary passage of urine (wetting). See enuresis. See also {{}}bedwetting …
80Incontinence, fecal — 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 …
