0 (used especially by doctors and nurses) the act of emptying the contents of the bowels, or the material that is emptied
1 the excretion of solid waste from the body
And in order to secure this regular bowel movement, regularity in the time of going to the toilet is a prime necessity.
I asked him about his bowel function and he said that he was never constipated, had "a daily bowel movement without a lot of straining."
Most people think they are not constipated because they have a bowel movement almost every day, accomplished without straining.
There should be at least one bowel movement of this kind each day.
This will in nearly all cases insure a speedy and satisfactory bowel movement.
Diarrhoea was defined as three or more abnormal bowel movements with or without the presence of blood or mucus in the stool, within a 24-hour period.
Pankejeff's nervous problems included his inability to have bowel movements without the assistance of an enema, as well as debilitating depression.
Advocates of water therapy claim that application of water therapy at first will cause multiple bowel movements until the body adjusts to the increased amount of fluid.
