defecation
/ˌdefəˈkeɪʃn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌdefəˈkeɪʃn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌde-fi-ˈkā-shən/ (ame, mw)
defecation — 名詞
1. the bodily process of pushing solid waste out through the back passage, usually
排便
把糞便排出體外的生理過程
the bodily process of pushing solid waste out through the back passage, usually as part of normal digestion.
After surgery, the nurses recorded each patient's first defecation as a sign of recovery.
手術後，護理師把每位病人的第一次排便記下來，當作恢復的跡象。
clinical noun usage in a medical-records context
Eating more fruit and drinking water can make daily defecation easier and more regular.
多吃水果、多喝水，可以讓每天的排便更輕鬆、更規律。
collocation: daily / regular defecation
The vet told Ignacio that painful defecation in his old dog could mean a blocked gut.
獸醫告訴 Ignacio，他家老狗排便時會痛，可能是腸子塞住了。
Sayaka studied how forest animals choose places for defecation far from their sleeping dens.
Sayaka 研究森林動物如何挑選遠離睡窩的地點來排便。
Public defecation in city parks is treated as a health problem, not a small fine.
在城市公園隨地排便被當成公共衛生問題，不只是小額罰款而已。
- bowel movement
neutral medical English; far more common in clinical talk with patients
- evacuation
very formal, often hospital paperwork; can also mean leaving a place
- excretion
broader scientific term covering urine, sweat and faeces, not only solid waste
- constipation
the opposite condition: solid waste is hard to pass or does not come out
- retention
medical word for holding waste inside instead of releasing it
用法筆記
Formal / medical word for what everyday English calls 'going to the toilet' or 'a bowel movement'. Subject is usually the person or animal whose body does it; often appears with adjectives like 'painful', 'normal', 'regular', 'public'.