bowel movement
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The analysis uncovered 21 regions of the human genome that influence bowel movement frequency, including 10 regions that had not been identified before.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
It is found in the first bowel movement a newborn baby makes after birth.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024
However, things didn’t quite go to plan and Indigo became stressed and showed signs of meconium aspiration syndrome, which basically means he had a bowel movement inside of me and that became an emergency.”
From BBC • May 27, 2024
The first, a 2019 study, tested umbilical cord blood for traces of acetaminophen and the second, published in 2020, measured acetaminophen in babies' first bowel movement.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2023
Whenever I ate these worms, whose skins were like those of miniature porcupines, my stomach would tighten in severe cramps, and I would have no bowel movement for days.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
