defecation

English

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Alternative forms

• defæcation (chiefly archaic)

Etymology

Attested in the early 17th Century CE; from Late Latin defecationem, nominative case of deficatio, from defecare; cognate with Latin defaecatio (dēfaecātiō, “defecation”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

defecation (plural defecations)

1. Act or process of voiding feces from bowels.
2. Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:defecation

Translations

act or process of voiding excrement

Czech: vyprázdnění (cs) n. Esperanto: fekado (eo) French: défécation (fr) f. Italian: defecazione (it) f.

Japanese: 排便 (ja) (はいべん, haiben) Polish: wypróżnienie (pl) n., defekacja (pl) f. Spanish: defecación (es) f. Volapük: jied (vo)

process of removing impurities

Italian: defecazione (it) f. Polish: defekacja (pl) f.

Spanish: defecación (es) f.

References

• “defecation” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001