Inability
81Incontinence, rectal — Inability to hold feces in the rectum due to failure of voluntary control over the anal sphincters with involuntary passage of feces and gas. Also called fecal incontinence …
82Lactose intolerance — Inability to digest lactose, a component of milk and most other dairy products. Lactose is sometimes also used as an ingredient in other foods, so those with a lactase deficiency should check labels carefully. The basis for this condition is lack …
83Paralysis, vocal cord — Inability of one or both vocal folds (vocal cords) to move. The paralysis is usually due to damage to the nerves going to the vocal cords or due to damage to the brain itself. In more technical terms, vocal cord paralysis may result from lesions… …
84Rectal incontinence — Inability to hold feces in the rectum due to failure of voluntary control over the anal sphincters with involuntary passage of feces and gas. Also called fecal incontinence. * * * fecal i …
85Vocal cord paralysis — Inability of one or both vocal folds (vocal cords) to move. The paralysis is usually due to damage to the nerves going to the vocal cords or due to damage to the brain itself. In more technical terms, vocal cord paralysis may result from lesions… …
86adiadochokinesis — Inability to perform rapid alternating movements. One of the clinical manifestations of cerebellar dysfunction. SEE ALSO: dysdiadochokinesia. Cf.:diadochokinesia. SYN: adiadochocinesia, adiadochocinesis, dysdiadochokinesis. [G. a priv. +… …
87aglutition — Inability to swallow. SEE ALSO: dysphagia. * * * aglu·ti·tion (a gloo tishґən) aphagia …
88ahylognosia — Inability to recognize differences of density, weight, and coarseness. [G. a priv. + hyle, matter, + gnosis, recognition] …
89akinesthesia — Inability to perceive movement or position. Absence of the sense of perception of movement or of the muscular sense. [G. a priv. + kinesis, motion, + aisthesis, sensation] * * * akin·es·the·sia (ə kin″es theґzh …
90amorphagnosia — Inability to recognize the size and shape of objects. [G. a priv. + morphe, shape, + gnosis, recognition] …
