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"word": "排便"
},
{
"alt": "排便",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "baebyeon",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"word": "배변"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"word": "derketina destavê"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"word": "gûkirin"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"word": "penyahtinjaan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wypróżnienie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "defekacja"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "defecación"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"word": "deposición"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"word": "deyección"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"word": "egestión"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"word": "evacuación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "avföring"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stolgång"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "defekation"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"word": "dışkılama"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "act or process of voiding excrement",
"word": "jied"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "process of removing impurities",
"word": "puhdistaminen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "process of removing impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "defecazione"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "process of removing impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "defekacja"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "process of removing impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "defecación"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"defecation"
],
"word": "defecation"
}
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