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Also known as bathroom tissue, toilet tissue, toilet-paper, lavatory paper, loo paper, bath tissue, toilet papers, toilet tissue roll

tissue paper for cleaning after urination or defecation

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Toilet paper is a soft tissue used for personal hygiene after using the bathroom. It matters because it's an essential sanitary product that helps maintain cleanliness and prevent the spread of disease.

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Encyclopedic overview

A full roll of toilet paper. Toilet paper and a toilet paper holder; the cardboard core of an empty roll is visible on the holder.

Toilet paper (also referred to as toilet/bath/bathroom tissue or toilet roll) is a tissue paper product primarily used to clean the anus and surrounding region of feces (after defecation), and to clean the external genitalia and perineal area of urine (after urination).

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