Incompetent cervix
A cervix that has an abnormal tendency to dilate and so may not be able to keep a fetus from being spontaneously aborted (miscarried).
Read Also:
- Incontinence
The inability to control excretions, to hold urine in the bladder, or to keep feces in the rectum.
- Inconclusive clinical trial
Negative clinical trial; Non-inferior clinical trial; Positive clinical trial.
- Incontinence 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.
- Incontinence, 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.
- Incontinence, 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.