"bowel movement" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bowel movements [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bowel movement (plural bowel movements)
  1. The discharge of feces from the body, an act of defecation. Categories (topical): Feces Translations (discharge of feces): defecació [feminine] (Catalan), 排便 (páibiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), stoelgang (Dutch), ulostaminen (Finnish), défécation [feminine] (French), Stuhlgang [masculine] (German), székelés (Hungarian), székletürítés (Hungarian), defecazione [feminine] (Italian), movimento intestinal [masculine] (Portuguese), evacuação [feminine] (Portuguese), defecação [feminine] (Portuguese), defecación [feminine] (Spanish), bağırsak hareketi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bowel_movement-en-noun-icq~0Vte Disambiguation of Feces: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'discharge of feces': 82 18
  2. The feces thus produced. Categories (topical): Feces Synonyms: BM, defecation Related terms: move one's bowels Translations (feces thus produced): deposició [feminine] (Catalan), 糞便 (Chinese Mandarin), 粪便 (fènbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), uloste (Finnish), fèces [feminine, plural] (French), széklet (Hungarian), feci [feminine, plural] (Italian), fezes [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), heces [feminine, plural] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bowel_movement-en-noun-3JiwVY92 Disambiguation of Feces: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of 'feces thus produced': 3 97

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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