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The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the elimination of fecal waste through the anus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: laxation, shitting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding
Narrower terms: bowel movement, movement, bm, hematochezia, haematochezia, shit, dump, urochesia, urochezia
17th century, borrowed from Late Latin dēfaecātiō.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
排便
(páibiàn)
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Chinese Mandarin:
大便
(dàbiàn)
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Chinese Mandarin:
排泄
(páixiè)
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Czech:
vyprázdnění
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Dutch:
stoelgang
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Esperanto:
fekado
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Finnish:
ulostaminen
— act or process of voiding excrement
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French:
défécation
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Georgian:
მოკუკვა
(moḳuḳva)
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Georgian:
კუკვა
(ḳuḳva)
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Georgian:
მოჯმა
(moǯma)
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Georgian:
კუჭში გასვლა
(ḳuč̣ši gasvla)
— act or process of voiding excrement
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German:
Stuhlgang
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Greek:
αφόδευση
(afódefsi)
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Greek:
κένωση
(kénosi)
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Indonesian:
defekasi
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Italian:
defecazione
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Japanese:
排便
(haiben)
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Korean:
배변
(baebyeon)
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Northern Kurdish:
derketina destavê
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Northern Kurdish:
gûkirin
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Malay:
penyahtinjaan
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Polish:
wypróżnienie
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Polish:
defekacja
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Portuguese:
defecação
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Spanish:
defecación
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Spanish:
deposición
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Swedish:
avföring
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Swedish:
stolgång
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Swedish:
defekation
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Turkish:
dışkılama
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Volapük:
jied
— act or process of voiding excrement
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Chinese Mandarin:
淨化 /净化
(jìnghuà)
— process of removing impurities
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Chinese Mandarin:
精煉 /精炼
(jīngliàn)
— process of removing impurities
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Chinese Mandarin:
提純 /提纯
(tíchún)
— process of removing impurities
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Finnish:
puhdistaminen
— process of removing impurities
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Italian:
defecazione
— process of removing impurities
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Polish:
defekacja
— process of removing impurities
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Spanish:
defecación
— process of removing impurities
