bowel movement

English

Noun

bowel movement (plural bowel movements)

1. The discharge of feces from the body, an act of defecation.
2. The feces thus produced.

Usage notes

• A nonvulgar, relatively inoffensive term for this bodily function, acceptable for general use.

Synonyms

• BM
• See Thesaurus:defecation

Related terms

• move one's bowels

Translations

discharge of feces

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 排便 (zh) (páibiàn)

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• Finnish: ulostaminen (fi)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

feces thus produced

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糞便／粪便 (zh) (fènbiàn), 粪便 (zh) (fènbiàn)

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• Finnish: uloste (fi)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can