DEFECATION
\dɪfɪkˈe͡ɪʃən], \dɪfɪkˈeɪʃən], \d_ɪ_f_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DEFECATION
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- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Defoecatio, from de, and foex, Pl. foeces, 'excrement.' The act by which the excrement is extruded from the body. Cacatio, Excretio alvi seu alvina seu foecnm alvinarum, Dejectio alvi, Secessio, Expulsio seu Ejectio foecum, Apagoge, Hypochoresis, Ecchoresis, Eccoprosis, Egestio. The faeces generally accumulate in the colon, being prevented by the annulus at the top of the rectum from descending freely into that intestine. In producing evacuations, therefore, in obstinate constipation, it is well, by means of a long tube, to throw the injection into the colon. In Pharmacy, defecation means the separation of any substance from a liquid in which it may be suspended. See Clarification.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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