Medical Dictionary
defecate
verb def·e·cate
def·e·cat·eddef·e·cat·ing
Medical Definition of DEFECATE
transitive verb
: to discharge from the anus
intransitive verb
: to discharge feces from the bowels
Variants of DEFECATE
def·e·cate or chiefly British def·ae·cate \ˈdef-i-ˌkāt\
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