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dyssynergia
(redirected from detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia)

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dyssynergia [dɪsɪˈnɜːdʒɪə]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) muscular incoordination caused by a brain disorder
[from dys- + Greek synergia cooperation]
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Noun1.dyssynergia - inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder - a disorder of the nervous system
Friedreich's ataxia, herediatry spinal ataxia - sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord; characterized by muscular weakness and abnormal gait; occurs in children
hereditary cerebellar ataxia - nervous disorder of late childhood and early adulthood; characterized by ataxic gait and hesitating or explosive speech and nystagmus
spinocerebellar disorder - any of several congenital disorders marked by degeneration of the cerebellum and spinal cord resulting in spasticity and ataxia


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Lachlan's urinary incontinence was as a result of detrusor overactivity, and his poor bladder emptying because of detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia.
 
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