bowel movementnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbaʊ.əl ˌmuːv.mənt/us/ˈbaʊ.əl ˌmuːv.mənt/polite expression(used especially by doctors and nurses) the act of emptying the contents of the bowels, or the material that is emptied
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: excrement & its excretion
- accident
- anal fissure
- bathroom
- be caught/taken short idiom
- call of nature idiom
- cowpat
- crap
- droppings
- dump
- go to the bathroom idiom
- guano
- melaena
- mess
- motion
- move
- pass
- powder your nose idiom
- regular
- shite
- turd
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Examples from literature
- And in order to secure this regular bowel movement, regularity in the time of going to the toilet is a prime necessity.
- I asked him about his bowel function and he said that he was never constipated, had "a daily bowel movement without a lot of straining."
- Most people think they are not constipated because they have a bowel movement almost every day, accomplished without straining.
- There should be at least one bowel movement of this kind each day.
- This will in nearly all cases insure a speedy and satisfactory bowel movement.