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To discharge fecal material from the large intestine and rectum.The act of passing out faeces from the bowels.Passage of feces out of the body; bowel movement.Process of elimination of end products of digestion by bowel movement.The elimination of feces or stool from the body in a bowel movement. Food is first broken down in the digestive tract. Toward the end of the tract, as waste passes through the colon, most of the remaining fluid is absorbed. The solid waste that remains is composed of a mixture of undigested and indigestible material, including vegetable fibers (roughage), bile pigments, mucus, bacteria, and dead cells.