Hypertext Webster Gateway: "defecation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Defecation \Def`e*ca"tion\, n. [L. defaecatio: cf. F.
d['e]f['e]cation.]
1. The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs;
purification.
2. (Physiol.) The act or process of voiding excrement.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
defecation
n : the elimination of fecal waste through the anus [syn: {laxation},
{shitting}]
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