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defaecation

Meaning of "defaecation" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DEFAECATION

ˌdefɪˈkeɪʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFAECATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defaecation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEFAECATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Defecation

Defecation is the final act of digestion, by which organisms eliminate solid, semisolid, and/or liquid waste material from the digestive tract via the anus. Humans expel feces with a frequency varying from a few times daily to a few times weekly. Waves of muscular contraction in the walls of the colon move fecal matter through the digestive tract towards the rectum. Undigested food may also be expelled this way, in a process called egestion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFAECATION

allocation · application · authentication · certification · classification · communication · dedication · education · identification · indication · location · medication · modification · notification · publication · qualification · relocation · specification · vacation · verification

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFAECATION

deface · defaceable · defaced · defacement · defacer · defaecate · defaecator · defalcate · defalcation · defalcator · defamation · defamatorily · defamatory · defame · defamer · defang · defast · defaste · defat · default

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFAECATION

accreditation · action · administration · animation · association · citation · combination · confirmation · conversation · corporation · creation · decoration · destination · documentation · duration · evaluation · excitation · federation · formation · foundation · generation

Synonyms and antonyms of defaecation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «defaecation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFAECATION

Find out the translation of defaecation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of defaecation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «defaecation» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

通便
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

defecación
570 millions of speakers
en

English

defaecation
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

defaecation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

defaecation
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

дефекации
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

defecação
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

defaecation
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

défécation
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Defaecation
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Stuhlgang
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

排便
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

defaecation
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Defaecation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

defaecation
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மலங்கழித்தல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

डिफहेकेशन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Dışkının dışarı çıkarılması
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

defecazione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

defekacja
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

дефекації
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

defecare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αφόδευση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontlasting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tarmtömning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avføring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of defaecation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFAECATION»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about defaecation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFAECATION»

Discover the use of defaecation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defaecation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Coloproctology
3.1.5 Colorectal transport: scintigraphy before (left) and after (right) defaecation. Normal (top) and in a patient with sacral spinal cord lesion (bottom) 3.1.5 Defaecation Defaecation is normally preceded by colonic mass movements that bring ...
Alexander Herold, Paul-Antoine Lehur, Klaus E. Matzel, 2008
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Biology and Ecology of Shallow Coastal Waters: Proceedings ...
Field obsemitions of Arenicola marina The only surface activity recorded for Arenicola marina in situ was defaecation. To de- faecate, individuals retreat to the top of the tail shaft before ejecting the characteristic faecal string. Defaecation is an ...
Anastasios Eleftheriou, Christopher Smith, Alan D. Ansell, 1995
3
Constipation and Ano-Rectal Insufficiency
Constipation and withholding as reaction to painful defaecation In many infants and toddlers constipation is acquired, and represents a reaction to certain circumstances such as environmental or dietary changes (end of exclusive ...
Klaus Ewe, V.F. Eckardt, P. Enck, 1997
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Textbook Of Medical Physiology
DEFAECATION. FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY A brief description of functional anatomy of the anal sphincters which play most important role in the process of defaecation needs special emphasis. 1. Internal or involuntary anal sphincter consists of ...
Khurana, 2005
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Australian Mammal Society
Relationships between the various open field behaviours were tested using Spearman's Rank Order Correlation. A positive correlation was found between defaecation and grooming (rho = -J-.71, p < .05). Associations between activity and ...
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Textbook of Human Physiology for Dental Students
The mass movements force the faecal material rapidly in mass down the colon. They also move material into the rectum and rectal distension initiates the defaecation reflex. A mass movement can be initiated by: – Gastrocolic or duodenocolic ...
Indu Khurana, 2014
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Tidy's Physiotherapy15: Tidy's Physiotherapy
Constipation has been reported to affect between 2% and 34% of adults, and a literature review (D'Hoore and Penninckx 2003) has suggested that obstructed defaecation (see below) specifically affects 7%. Constipation may be defined as ...
Stuart B. Porter, 2013
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Juta's manual of nursing
Abnormalities of defaecation The following are abnormal aspects of defaecation: Constipation Constipation refers to the passage of small, dry, hard stool or the passage of no stool for a while. Careful assessment of a person's habits is ...
Anne Young, Mataniele Sophie Mogotlane, Nelouise Geyer, Nelouise Geyer, Anne Young, 2009
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Therapeutic Management of Incontinence and Pelvic Pain: ...
28a.6.3. Retraining. Altered. Defaecation. Patterns. In retraining patients with disordered defaecation, the goal is to increase abdominal pressure (AP) without increasing the anal sphincter pressure. Relaxation of the internal anal sphincter ...
J. Haslam, J. Laycock, 2007
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Watson's Clinical Nursing and Related Sciences
Potential goals for the patient with constipation The person will demonstrate: 1 understanding of the role of dietary fibre and fluid intake in stool formation and defaecation 2 awareness of the role of regular physical activity in the promotion of ...
Mike Walsh, Alison Crumbie, Anna Walsh, 2007

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFAECATION»

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Government contracts loan to fight open defaecation
Government has contracted a 60 million dollar World Bank facility to assist households throughout Ghana to build their own latrines, as a ... «Vibe Ghana, Jul 15»
2
Chorkor beach turned dumping ground for refuse, human excreta
He said politicians had for many years been promising to solve the problem of open defaecation and difficulties with the proper disposal of ... «Graphic Online, Jun 15»
3
Minister deplores lateness of public servants
According to him, 70 per cent of the population in the region still practised open defaecation. He, therefore, urged the various MMDAs to ... «Graphic Online, Jun 15»
4
Narendra Modi launches AMRUT, says 2 cr houses will be built for …
... on the decisions taken by the local bodies and heaped praises on Chattisgarh for taking effective measures to get rid of open defaecation. «Business Today, Jun 15»
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Entrepreneurs urged to invest in toilet facilities
She said adequate investment in providing toilets would reduce the problem of open defaecation and also ensure that all households within the ... «Graphic Online, May 15»
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The Perceptions, Diagnosis and Management of Irritable Bowel …
Nevertheless, most could recognise the key IBS symptoms of abdominal pain, bloating and disturbed defaecation. A minority of primary care physicians [7–32%; ... «Medscape, Dec 14»
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