bowel movement
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The findings also suggest a meaningful biological connection between bowel movement frequency and IBS, a condition that affects millions of people worldwide.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
“Straining itself and bearing down like you are having a bowel movement over time can contribute to pelvic floor disorders like prolapse,” Vaccaro said.
From Salon • Oct. 25, 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
It seems anywhere scientists look for plastic, they find it: from the ice in Antarctica, to the first bowel movement produced by newborn babies.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024
In case of an inmate bowel movement that yielded some “prize,” he was to call a sergeant.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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