stool
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5.8
- noun
- /stuːl/
- NSFW
:
heces
- When a patient reports that there is blood in their stool, it can indicate a serious health issue.
- a stool specimen
- a stool sample
- blood in stool
We do blood, urine, stool, sweat, we do all of that.
- We do blood, urine, stool, sweat, we do all of that.
- We have just found human stool on the floor of the storage room.
- Not just lumpy hard stools, but no strain.
- Hey, Miss Miller, we just need a stool sample.
- But Steven, colon cancer, which can present with red stool.
- So my doctor recommended Colace and or Senokot, which are like stool softeners.
- And one day the poop gets impacted and you have a column of solid stool that is not moving.
- When it's diarrhea, it helps to form up the stool.
- They're going after your mind, never mind looking at your brain or looking at your stool sample on a patient today.
- Since you measured mentioned stool testing, what what is your recommendation about stool testing?
- Do you know that by weight, your fecal matter, your stool is more bacteria than it is food matter?
- But I think that especially for people with with a very unbalanced microbiome, if you can get stool from a healthy donor, it's extremely compelling.
- So the answer is that they actually act as cushions to protect the anal area from the passage of stool.
- Right now there is a company that sells the stool pills of athletes.
Examples
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The passing of bloody stools was further defined as dysentery, an acute form of diarrhea.
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Hey, Miss Miller, we just need a stool sample.
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We have just found human stool on the floor of the storage room.
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I think I have blood in my stool.
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Is there blood in his stool?
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There's blood in my stool.
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Do you know that by weight, your fecal matter, your stool is more bacteria than it is food matter?
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But through that, we could take a stool sample and test it and determine that you have a tapeworm.
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I had to take a stool sample of Nala's poo this morning.
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Forty-eight hours later, the laboratory telephones the practice to tell them the stool sample has tested positive for campylobacter.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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5.1
Solid waste that people or animals pass from their body
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8.9
A solid piece of poop that comes from the body
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6.1
Waste that leaves the body, such as poop
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5.9
Solid waste that children pass from the body
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4.2
Solid waste that leaves the body after it digests food
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8.4
A childish word for poop that children use
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7.2
Solid waste that leaves your body when you use the toilet
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8.2
A childish word for poop
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4.8
Solid waste the body sends out through the anus after food is digested
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9.9
Solid waste from people or animals, for example poo
A childish word for a small poo
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.9
A chair on a lever used to dunk people in water as public punishment in the past
- Specialized
1
3.5
A medical test that checks a small sample of poo for blood or infection
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stool for faeces grew from the 'seat' meaning: people sat on a stool when they went to the toilet, so the waste became known as the 'stool'.