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Defecation   Listen
noun
Defecation  n.  
1.
The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.
2.
(Physiol.) The act or process of voiding excrement.





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"Defecation" Quotes from Famous Books



... physiological occurrences—and it was found that the bowels moved and the bladder was emptied at about the same time each day. Any mother, caretaker, or nurse, who will take the time to keep a daily record of the hours of defecation and urination, will observe the time carefully and will catch the child on nearly every occasion before an accident occurs. Often as early as four months the bowels will move in an infant's chamber at regular times each day. The nurse or mother places ...
— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler


Words linked to "Defecation" :   defecate, urochesia, evacuation, excretion, movement, elimination, haematochezia, bowel movement, bm, excreting, dump, hematochezia, defecation reflex


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