bowel movement
Passing a stool
A bowel movement is an instance of defecating—the expulsion of feces from the body.
The term is clinical and euphemistic, common in medical contexts and polite conversation: The doctor asked if I'd had a bowel movement that day.
Often abbreviated BM.
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- fecesSolid digestive waste
- poopSolid bodily waste
- excrementSolid bodily waste
- evacuationRemoval from danger
voiding · elimination · number two · scat · droppings · dung · manure · ordure
Difficult, infrequent waste elimination
- diarrheaFrequent liquid bowel movements
- laxativePromotes intestinal evacuation
- fiberPlant-based digestive aid
- probioticHealthful live microorganism supplement
colonoscopy · colitis · diverticulitis · endoscopy · impaction · incontinence · hemorrhoids · enema
Involuntary digestive muscle waves
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
- colonLarge intestine section
- rectumTerminal intestinal chamber
- gastrointestinalRelating to digestive tract
chyme · bile · digestive · gut · transit · motility · absorption · sphincter
Waste disposal fixture
- latrineBasic outdoor toilet
- commodeToilet or storage chest
- privyOutdoor toilet; informed
- looBritish slang for toilet
lavatory · bathroom · restroom · outhouse · potty · bedpan · chamber pot · porta-potty
To let go
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- easeLack of strain
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
alleviation · lightness · emptying · passing · liberation
stool
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evacuation · voiding · elimination · number two · scat · droppings · dung · manure · ordure · guano
constipation
Difficult, infrequent waste elimination
- diarrheaFrequent liquid bowel movements
- laxativePromotes intestinal evacuation
- fiberPlant-based digestive aid
probiotic · colonoscopy · colitis · diverticulitis · endoscopy · impaction · incontinence · hemorrhoids · enema · suppository
peristalsis
Involuntary digestive muscle waves
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
- colonLarge intestine section
- rectumTerminal intestinal chamber
gastrointestinal · chyme · bile · digestive · gut · transit · motility · absorption · sphincter · sigmoid
toilet
Waste disposal fixture
loo · lavatory · bathroom · restroom · outhouse · potty · bedpan · chamber pot · porta-potty · washroom
release
To let go
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- easeLack of strain
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
satisfaction · alleviation · lightness · emptying · passing · liberation
- bodily wastefeces, excrement, urine, poop, pee
- excretionurine, urea, feces, uric acid, urination
- Fecesfeces, poop, dung, droppings, excrement
- colorectalcolon, rectum, anus, cecum, caecum
- digestionstomach acid, swallowing, digesting, chewing, digestion
- colon functionwater absorption, peristalsis, defecation
bowel movementeating
Ingesting sustenance
ingestion · swallowing · vomiting · regurgitation · emesis
bowel movementconstipation
Difficult, infrequent waste elimination
bowel obstruction · intestinal blockage · irregularity · retention
movement, bowel, bowels, disembowel, disemboweled, disemboweling, disembowelment, bowel movements, embowelment