"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: 51 49 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: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'feces thus produced': 3 97

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