- a bowel movement
- defecationMedical jargon:Most constipation is 'imagined'. A daily bowel movement can be a needless fetish. (Hailey, 1979)See also movement1.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
a bowel movement
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bowel movement — bowel ,movement noun count MEDICAL the action of getting rid of solid waste from your body, or the solid waste itself … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bowel movement — ► NOUN ▪ an act of defecation … English terms dictionary
bowel movement — n. 1. the passing of waste matter from the large intestine 2. waste matter thus passed; feces … English World dictionary
bowel movement — noun a euphemism for defecation he had a bowel movement • Syn: ↑movement, ↑bm • Usage Domain: ↑euphemism • Hypernyms: ↑defecation, ↑laxation, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bowel movement — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bowel movement : singular bowel movement plural bowel movements medical the action of getting rid of solid waste from your body, or the solid waste itself … English dictionary
bowel movement — Synonyms and related words: BM, bloody flux, buffalo chips, ca ca, catharsis, coprolite, coprolith, cow chips, cow flops, cow pats, crap, defecation, dejection, diarrhea, dingleberry, droppings, dung, dysentery, evacuation, feces, feculence, flux … Moby Thesaurus
bowel movement — 1. the evacuation of the bowels; defecation. 2. excrement from the bowels; feces. * * * … Universalium
bowel movement — noun a) The act of expelling faeces from the body. b) The faeces thus produced … Wiktionary
bowel movement — defecation (def. 2) … Medical dictionary
bowel movement — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. defecation, b.m., discharge, excretion, evacuation, *number two, diarrhea, *crap … English dictionary for students
