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bowel movements

bowel movements is the plural of bowel movement.

Meaning of bowel movement

Noun

bowel movement (plural bowel movements)

  1. The discharge of feces from the body, an act of defecation.
    • Mid-March 2021, at a bowling alley, I watch balls thunder down lanes and wonder if I’ve had a bowel movement since Presidents’ Day.2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times
  2. The feces thus produced.

Questions about bowel movements

What is bowel movements the plural of?
Bowel movements is the plural of bowel movement.

Words near bowel movements in the dictionary

  1. bowedness
  2. bowel
  3. bowel cancer
  4. bowel cancers
  5. bowel movement
  6. bowel movements
  7. bowel obstruction
  8. bowel obstructions
  9. bowel transit time
  10. boweled
  11. boweling

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