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{{short description|Fecal incontinence in children}}
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'''Encopresis''' ({{ety|grc|''ἐγκόπρησις'', enkóprēsis}}) is voluntary or involuntary [[Defecation|passage of feces]] outside of [[toilet training|toilet-trained]] contexts (fecal soiling) in children who are four years or older and after an organic cause has been excluded.<ref name="von Gontard A" /> Children with encopresis often leak [[feces|stool]] into their undergarments.

This term is usually applied to children, and where the symptom is present in adults, it is more commonly known as ''[[fecal incontinence]]'' (including [[fecal soiling]], [[fecal leakage]] or [[fecal seepage]]).<ref>{{cite book |editor=Bruce G. Wolff |title=The ASCRS textbook of colon and rectal surgery |year=2007 |publisher=Springer |location=New York |isbn=978-0387248462 |display-authors=etal}}</ref>