defecation

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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

Instead they have a single orifice called a cloaca that is used for defecation as well as reproduction in both males and females.

From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 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

The toilet was a covered pail; I don’t care how strong you are, you can’t stand having to smell a whole cell row of defecation.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey