bowel movement
13
3.2
- noun
- /ˈbaʊəl ˈmuːvmənt/
- Specialized
:
defecación
- What happens if I have a bowel movement?
- about 25% of bowel movements
- 25% of bowel movements
So I typically feel my bowel movements are normal.
- So I typically feel my bowel movements are normal.
- And the best way to start your day is a great bowel movement.
- I'm I always assumed that morning time was a was a healthy time for bowel movements.
- We recently did the largest study across the entire UK on poop and what people were doing in terms of their bowel movements.
- And if I'm eating other things that are inflammatory, but I really, I tried being gluten free and I was not having satisfying bowel movements.
- But if you have repetitive chalky white bowel movements, then it could point to a liver or biliary tree problem.
- So sending text of your like bowel movements?
Examples
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Have your bowel movements started to return to normal?
Fiction book (1995) -
People often disregard the signs that they need to have a bowel movement and further irritate their digestive system.
Blog text (20) -
Has the child started eating something new? Does the pain get better after eating or having a bowel movement?
Academic text (2014) -
So I typically feel my bowel movements are normal.
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Tell me about your bowel movements.
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How are your bowel movements?
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Do you look at your bowel movements before you flush the toilet?
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I haven't had a bowel movement in six days.
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Straining during bowel movements is the number one cause of hemorrhoids, and it also worsens existing ones.
Blog text (26) -
Have you had a bowel movement today?
Synonyms
19
7.3
Passing solid waste from the body
4
5.1
Passing solid waste out of the body through the anus
1
9.9
A person's poop that comes out when they go to the toilet
The passing of solid waste from the body through the anus
Antonyms
How Frequent
- Specialized
13
3.2
18
3.4
- Specialized
1
7.2
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally combines 'bowel' (intestine) with 'movement' (an act of moving), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to some motion of the intestines. However, the conventionalized clinical meaning 'the act of passing waste/defecation' is a specific collocation that may not be fully predictable without exposure, so it is only partially transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Bowel movement comes from a simple picture: the bowel, the intestine, makes a movement to push waste out of the body. So, it means 'the act of passing waste from the bowel out of the body'.