defecation

Example Sentences

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One person reported that there was “a sick inmate in the bunk above them whose defecation was falling into their bunk.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Globally, around 500 million people are compelled to use open defecation, and millions more rely on contaminated water supplies.

From Scientific American • Mar. 23, 2023

In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that 100% of India's villages had declared themselves free of open defecation after a massive toilet-building programme by his government.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2023

In all, 155 out of 293 traditional communities were certified as free of open defecation, said Dr. Mwansambo, the health official.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2023

I was doubled over with pain, shaking with it, when a process, normal for most but long forgotten by me, set itself into motion: defecation.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel