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Impaction meaning
Compression; the packing together of loose matter. | something packed together tightly; a mass of densely-packed matter | A solid, immobile bulk of stool.
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Faecal impaction is usually treated with laxative medication, although suppositories (medication inserted into the anus) and mini enemas (where medicine in fluid form is injected through your anus) may sometimes be used.
In 1858, Jean Sales-Girons invented a portable atomizer that utilized a pump handle to draw liquid solution from a reservoir, atomize it through a small nozzle, and direct it toward an impaction plate to produce a fine spray.
According to sources in the animal husbandry department, ingestion of plastic is one of the major causes of impaction.