1. A discharging of the bowels. 2. The matter discharged at one movement of the bowels. SYN: evacuation (2). SYN: motion (3), movement (2). [A.S. stol, seat]
- currant jelly s. feces that contain blood and products of inflammation, which cause it to resemble currant jelly in appearance; considered a sign of intussusception.
- fatty s. a s. containing excessive amounts of fat.
- rice-water s. a watery fluid containing whitish flocculi, discharged from the bowel in cholera and occasionally in other cases of serous diarrhea.
- spinach stools dark greenish porridge-like stools, resembling chopped spinach.
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stool 'stül n a discharge of fecal matter
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n.
faeces discharged from the anus.
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(st
l) feces.
Medical dictionary. 2011.