evacuation of the bowels
1Movement of the bowels — Movement Move ment, n. [F. mouvement. See {Move}, and cf. {Moment}.] 1. The act of moving in space; change of place or posture; motion; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine. [1913 Webster] 2 …
2evacuation — evacuative /i vak yooh ay tiv/, adj. /i vak yooh ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of evacuating, or the condition of being evacuated; discharge or expulsion, as of contents. 2. Physiol. discharge, as of waste matter through the excretory… …
3evacuation — 1. Removal of material, especially wastes from the bowels by defecation. 2. SYN: stool (2). 3. Removal of air from a closed vessel; production of a vacuum. * * * evac·u·a·tion i .vak yə wā shən n 1) the act or process of evacuating 2) something… …
4evacuation — evacuate ► VERB 1) remove from a place of danger to a safer place. 2) leave (a dangerous place). 3) technical remove air, water, or other contents from (a container). 4) empty (the bowels or another bodily organ). DERIVATIVES evacuation noun.… …
5evacuation — /əvækjuˈeɪʃən/ (say uhvakyooh ayshuhn) noun 1. the act or process of evacuating. 2. the condition of being evacuated. 3. a making empty of contents; expulsion, as of contents. 4. Physiology discharge, as of waste matter through the excretory… …
6evacuation — UK [ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms evacuation : singular evacuation plural evacuations 1) [uncountable] the process of evacuating people from a building or an area that is not safe the evacuation of all nonessential government officials… …
7evacuation — e|vac|u|a|tion [ ı,vækju eıʃn ] noun 1. ) uncount the process of evacuating people from a building or an area that is not safe: the evacuation of all nonessential government officials evacuation procedures/plans 2. ) count or uncount MEDICAL the… …
8purgation — Evacuation of the bowels with the aid of a purgative or cathartic. SYN: catharsis (1). [L. purgatio] * * * pur·ga·tion .pər gā shən n 1) the act of purging specif vigorous evacuation of the bowels (as from the action of a cathartic or an… …
9purge — 1. To cause a copious evacuation of the bowels. 2. A cathartic remedy. [L. purgo, to cleanse, fr. purus, pure, + ago, to do] * * * purge pərj vb, purged; purg·ing vt 1) to cause evacuation from (as the bowels) or of or from the bowels of… …
10purge — purgeable, adj. purger, n. /perrj/, v., purged, purging, n. v.t. 1. to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify. 2. to rid, clear, or free (usually fol. by of or from): to purge a political party of disloyal members. 3. to clear… …
