bowel movement
noun
plural bowel movements
: 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.
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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Instead, walk around a bit — since the motion can stimulate gut muscles to produce a bowel movement.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Kellogg’s thinking on constipation, that anything less than three bowel movements a day risked dangerous intestinal putrefaction, was shaped by the emerging germ theory of disease and the ascent of bacteriology as a discipline through the closing decades of the 19th century.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
There's a change in your bowel movements, including pain in bowel movement or blood in stool.
—Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
Fecal incontinence, also known as bowel incontinence or accidental bowel leakage, is the inability to control your bowel movements.
—Cristina Mutchler, Health, 3 Nov. 2024
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Kellogg’s thinking on constipation, that anything less than three bowel movements a day risked dangerous intestinal putrefaction, was shaped by the emerging germ theory of disease and the ascent of bacteriology as a discipline through the closing decades of the 19th century.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
There's a change in your bowel movements, including pain in bowel movement or blood in stool.
—Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
Fecal incontinence, also known as bowel incontinence or accidental bowel leakage, is the inability to control your bowel movements.
—Cristina Mutchler, Health, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Bowel movement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowel%20movement. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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