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Topic: BIOLOGY

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: defaecere, from faex 'waste material'

defecate

 verb
     
def‧e‧cate [intransitive]
HBH formal to get rid of waste matter from your bowels
—defecation noun [uncountable]
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