bowel movement
Americannoun
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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
It is found in the first bowel movement a newborn baby makes after birth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 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
“A lot of people are obsessed with the concept of having a bowel movement every day, and it does not have to be every day.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
In case of an inmate bowel movement that yielded some “prize,” he was to call a sergeant.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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