17th century, borrowed fromLate Latindēfaecātiō.
defecation (countable anduncountable,pluraldefecations)
- The act orprocess of voidingfeces from thebowels.
- Any of several processes for the removal ofimpurities, or forclarifying variousmaterials.
1883, National Academy of Sciences (US),Investigation of the Scientific and Economic Relations of the Sorghum Sugar Industry, page84: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 asdefecation.
act or process of voiding excrement
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:排便 (zh)(páibiàn)
- Czech:vyprázdnění n
- Dutch:stoelgang (nl) m
- Esperanto:fekado
- Finnish:ulostaminen (fi)
- French:défécation (fr) f
- Georgian:მოკუკვა(moḳuḳva),კუკვა(ḳuḳva),მოჯმა(moǯma),კუჭში გასვლა(ḳuč̣ši gasvla)
- German:Stuhlgang (de) m
- Greek:αφόδευση (el) f(afódefsi),κένωση (el) f(kénosi)
- Indonesian:defekasi (id)
- Italian:defecazione (it) f
- Japanese:排便 (ja)(はいべん, haiben)
- Korean:배변(排便) (ko)(baebyeon)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish:derketina destavê,gûkirin
- Malay:penyahtinjaan
- Polish:wypróżnienie (pl) n,defekacja (pl) f
- Portuguese:defecação (pt) f
- Spanish:defecación (es) f,deposición (es),deyección,egestión (es),evacuación (es)
- Swedish:avföring (sv) c,stolgång (sv) c,defekation c
- Turkish:dışkılama (tr)
- Volapük:jied (vo)
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process of removing impurities
