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noun

the evacuation of the bowels; defecation.

excrement from the bowels; feces.

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How to use bowel movement in a sentence

She also mentioned that she had noticed a correlation between her long runs and the uncomfortable bowel movements, which seemed to become less formed and more frequent as her intense training months dragged on.
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They include never leaving any trash, camping on durable surfaces, leaving behind what you find, and burying your bowel movements.
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If we eliminate them, the website Eat This, Not That claims that we can slow down aging, have less cellulite and even have better bowel movements.
Five myths about nutrition|Jessica Wilson|December 31, 2020|Washington Post
Anything in your gut sticks to the surface of charcoal like a magnet and gets carried out through a bowel movement.
Could Eating Charcoal Help You Detox?|DailyBurn|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When troubled with too much bowel movement, give one tablespoonful ginger and flour, mixed, once each day in both cases.
Total Per Cent Lambing Rules|Thomas Boylan
Gitubul siya maung dúgayng nalibang, It took him long to have his bowel movement because he is constipated.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
The periodicity of the bowel movement (at definite times each day) is a matter of great importance.
The Mother and Her Child|William S. Sadler
This will in nearly all cases insure a speedy and satisfactory bowel movement.
Vitality Supreme|Bernarr Macfadden
In this form of constipation there is a daily bowel movement but the movement is not complete.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4)|W. Grant Hague

British Dictionary definitions for bowel movement

bowel movement

noun

the discharge of faeces; defecation

the waste matter discharged; faeces

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