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تَغَوُّط
defecation /taɣawˈwutˤ/
nounB2#4247 most common
Also: defecating, bowel movement
Example sentences
يَحْتَاجُ الطِّفْلُ إِلَى مُسَاعَدَةٍ فِي التَّغَوُّطِ.
The child needs help with defecation.
شَعَرَ المَرِيضُ بِأَلَمٍ أَثْنَاءَ التَّغَوُّطِ.
The patient felt pain during defecation.
يُسَبِّبُ الإِمْسَاكُ صُعُوبَةً فِي التَّغَوُّطِ.
Constipation causes difficulty with defecation.
نَصَحَ الطَّبِيبُ بِشُرْبِ المَاءِ لِتَسْهِيلِ التَّغَوُّطِ.
The doctor advised drinking water to make defecation easier.
قَدْ يُشِيرُ وُجُودُ دَمٍ أَثْنَاءَ التَّغَوُّطِ إِلَى مُشْكِلَةٍ صِحِّيَّةٍ.
The presence of blood during defecation may point to a health problem.
تُرَاقِبُ الأُمَّهَاتُ عَدَدَ مَرَّاتِ تَغَوُّطِ رُضَّعِهِنَّ لِلتَّأَكُّدِ مِنْ سَلَامَةِ الجِهَازِ الهَضْمِيِّ.
Mothers track how often their infants defecate to make sure the digestive system is healthy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَغَوُّطٌ | تَغَوُّطَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَغَوُّطٍ | تَغَوُّطَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَغَوُّطًا | تَغَوُّطَاتٍ |
| Vocative | تَغَوُّطُ | تَغَوُّطَاتُ |
Word family
غَائِطfeces, stool (originally 'low ground')
تَغَوَّطَto defecate
مُتَغَوِّطdefecating, in the act of defecating
بُرَازstool, feces (common clinical synonym, unrelated root)
Etymology
تَغَوُّط is the verbal noun of the Form V verb تَغَوَّطَ, built on the root غ-و-ط. The Form I verb غَاطَ means to sink or lie low, and the related noun الغائط first meant a low, secluded stretch of ground. People withdrew to that low ground to relieve themselves in private, so الغائط shifted to mean excrement, and تغوط became the ordinary word for the act itself. The word is a euphemism that hardened into the plain, even clinical, term.
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