Definition of defecation
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: the discharge of solid waste from the anus : the act or process of defecating
- To meet the clinical definition of IBS [irritable bowel syndrome], you must have had 12 weeks … of abdominal pain or discomfort within the past year, associated with relief with defecation and a change in the form or frequency of stool.
- —Food and Fitness Advisor
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: feces, excrement
- At first it was believable because, as Gov. Mario Cuomo said at the outset, "She's covered with defecation, her hair is shorn … "
- —Ellen Goodman
- William Allen Livingston lost several ounces of urine and defecation when the fusillade of .38 caliber and .00 buckshot devastated him …
- —Joseph Wambaugh
