bowel movement

noun

plural bowel movements

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: an act of passing usually solid waste through the rectum and anus He had a two-day history of right lower abdominal pain … without bowel movements.— William W. Scott, Jr. et al. also : fecal matter expelled at one passage : stool sense 3a Cats get infected from contact with other cats' bowel movements or by predation. — Donald Caslow

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bowel movement

noun

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: an act of passing usually solid waste through the rectum and anus

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