He also notes that open defecation is still occurring at a high rate and people should use toilet facilities whenever possible.
Source: tatoeba (12327344)
Defecation
//ˌdɛfɪˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "defecation" (63 found)
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Related words (31)
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35 translations across 21 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 排便 noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Czech
1 entries- vyprázdnění noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Dutch
1 entries- stoelgang noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Esperanto
1 entries- fekado noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Finnish
2 entries- puhdistaminen noun (process of removing impurities)
- ulostaminen noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
French
1 entries- défécation noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Georgian
4 entries- კუკვა noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
- კუჭში გასვლა noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
- მოკუკვა noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
- მოჯმა noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
German
1 entries- Stuhlgang noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Greek
2 entries- αφόδευση noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
- κένωση noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Indonesian
1 entries- defekasi noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Italian
2 entries- defecazione noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
- defecazione noun (process of removing impurities)
Japanese
1 entries- 排便 noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Korean
1 entries- 배변 noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Malay
1 entries- penyahtinjaan noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- derketina destavê noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
- gûkirin noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Polish
3 entries- defekacja noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
- defekacja noun (process of removing impurities)
- wypróżnienie noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Portuguese
1 entries- defecação noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Spanish
4 entries- defecación noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
- defecación noun (process of removing impurities)
- deposición noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
- deyección noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Swedish
3 entries- avföring noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
- defekation noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
- stolgång noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Turkish
1 entries- dışkılama noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Volapük
1 entries- jied noun (act or process of voiding excrement)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
If they make it back into the intestines, the female worms can lay up to 200,000 eggs a day which are deposited back into the soil after defecation — starting the cycle anew.
Source: tatoeba (12327365)
The juice after it leaves the mill has a more or less green color, due to the presence of large quantities of chlorophyl and other vegetable substances, which must be removed. This process is known as defecation.
Source: wiktionary
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