defecation
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Defecation is the process by which the body eliminates solid waste (feces) through the anus and rectum. It is a necessary biological function that removes indigestible materials and other waste products from the digestive system.
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- Description
- Physiology
- Voluntary and involuntary control
- Posture
- Disease
- Constipation
- Inflammatory bowel diseases
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Bowel obstruction
- Other
- Society and culture
- Open defecation
- Anal cleansing after defecation
- Mythology and tradition
- Psychology
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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Defecation (or defaecation) follows digestion and is the necessary biological process by which organisms eliminate a solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material known as feces (or faeces) from the digestive tract via the anus or cloaca. The act has a variety of names, ranging from the technical (e.g. bowel movement), to the common (like pooping or crapping), to the obscene (shitting), to the euphemistic ("doing number two", "dropping a deuce" or "taking a dump"), to the juvenile ("going poo-poo" or "making doo-doo"). The topic, usually avoided in polite company, forms the basis of scatological humor.