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detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia

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dyssynergia /dys·syn·er·gia/ (dis″sin-er´je-ah) muscular incoordination.
dyssynergia cerebella´ris myoclo´nica  dyssynergia cerebellaris progressiva associated with myoclonus epilepsy.
dyssynergia cerebella´ris progressi´va  a condition marked by generalized intention tremors associated with disturbance of muscle tone and of muscular coordination; due to disorder of cerebellar function.
detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia  contraction of the urethral sphincter muscle at the same time the detrusor muscle of the bladder is contracting, resulting in obstruction of normal urinary outflow; it may accompany detrusor hyperreflexia or instability.

detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia,
contraction of the sphincter muscle of the urethra at the same time the detrusor muscle of the bladder is contracting, resulting in obstruction of normal urinary outflow.

dyssynergia
muscular incoordination.

detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia
see detrusor-urethral dyssynergia (below).
detrusor-urethral dyssynergia
a disorder of micturition caused by a lack of coordination between contraction of the detrusor muscle and relaxation of the urethra.


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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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