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Definition of Defecation
1. Noun. The elimination of fecal waste through the anus.
Specialized synonyms: Bm, Bowel Movement, Movement, Haematochezia, Hematochezia, Dump, Shit, Urochesia, Urochezia
Generic synonyms: Elimination, Evacuation, Excreting, Excretion, Voiding
Derivative terms: Defecate, Shit
Definition of Defecation
1. n. The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.
Definition of Defecation
1. Noun. Act or process of voiding feces from bowels. ¹
2. Noun. Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various (materials). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Defecation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Defecation
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Defecation
Literary usage of Defecation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of physiology for medical students and physicians by William Henry Howell (1913)
"Although the act of defecation is normally initiated by voluntary effort, it may
also be carried out as a purely involuntary reflex when the sensory ..."
2. The Diagnostics of internal medicine: A Clinical Treatise Upon the by Glentworth Reeve Butler (1906)
"When faeces enter the rectum, sensory impulses pass to the lumbar centre and the
brain, and, according to circumstances, the reflex act of defecation is ..."
3. Beet-sugar Manufacture by Hermann Claassen (1910)
"With regard to the most favorable temperature for defecation, ... Cold defecation
has been tried and recommended on the assump. tion that lime at high ..."
4. The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man by Robert Bentley Todd, William Bowman (1857)
"Defecation.—The contents of the large intestine are pushed onwards by a ...
The act of expulsion of the feces from the rectum, the act of defecation, ..."
5. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Defecation The mechanism of defecation is a complicated reflex, involving the
... The process of defecation in man has been studied by the x-ray method. ..."
6. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"More complicated spinal reflexes are those of defecation, micturition, parturition,
... As an example, trace a defecation reflex. Defecation Reflex. ..."
7. A Practical Treatise on Disorders of the Sexual Function in the Male and Female by Max Huhner (1916)
"Pathology. Physiology of coitu Local pathology. Pathology of defecation spermatorrhea.
... defecation spermatorrhea, urination spermatorrhea and ..."
8. The Principles of Clinical Pathology: A Text-book for Students and Physicians by Ludolf von Krehl (1907)
"The reflex centres that control defecation and urination are not situated ...
In the new-born infant, urination and defecation are purely reflex phenomena. ..."
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