defecation
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Research shows that when more restrooms are available, open defecation declines.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2023
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
