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movement

noun [C] (EXCRETE)
 
 
/ˈmuːv.mənt/ polite word

Definition

(used especially by doctors and nurses) an act of emptying the bowels: When did you last have a (bowel) movement?Excrement and its excretion
(Definition of movement noun (EXCRETE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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