bowel movement

American  

noun

1. the evacuation of the bowels; defecation.

2. excrement from the bowels; feces.

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bowel movement British  

noun

1. the discharge of faeces; defecation

2. the waste matter discharged; faeces

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Example Sentences

The findings also suggest a meaningful biological connection between bowel movement frequency and IBS, a condition that affects millions of people worldwide.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

However, things didn’t quite go to plan and Indigo became stressed and showed signs of meconium aspiration syndrome, which basically means he had a bowel movement inside of me and that became an emergency.”

From BBC • May 27, 2024

It seems anywhere scientists look for plastic, they find it: from the ice in Antarctica, to the first bowel movement produced by newborn babies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024

Testing a newborn's bowel movement may be a better measure as it is thought to reflect the mother's use of acetaminophen during the last two trimesters of pregnancy.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2023

Whenever I ate these worms, whose skins were like those of miniature porcupines, my stomach would tighten in severe cramps, and I would have no bowel movement for days.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane