bowel movement
Americannoun
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bowel movements
plural
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the evacuation of the bowels; defecation.
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excrement from the bowels; feces.
noun
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the discharge of faeces; defecation
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the waste matter discharged; faeces
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The analysis uncovered 21 regions of the human genome that influence bowel movement frequency, including 10 regions that had not been identified before.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
“Straining itself and bearing down like you are having a bowel movement over time can contribute to pelvic floor disorders like prolapse,” Vaccaro said.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2024
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
I had to flick on the bathroom lights fast so that no small shadow would take a baby shape, sometimes seated on the edge of the bathtub, its hopes for a bowel movement so exaggerated.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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