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The condition where a patient suffers from infrequent passage of stools or difficulty in passing stools is known as .

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indigestion
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diarrhoea
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constipation
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amenorrhoea
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Solution

The correct option is C constipation
Constipation is the infrequent passage of stools or difficulty in passing stools. It can be due to the folowing reasons:
  • Hypothyroidism- sluggish intestinal movement leading to infrequent hardened stool.
  • Lack of fibre in diet.
  • Lack of adequate liquid in diet.

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