[
UK
/stˈuːl/
]
[ US /ˈstuɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈstuɫ/ ]
NOUN
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- a simple seat without a back or arms
- (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
- solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
VERB
- react to a decoy, of wildfowl
-
have a bowel movement
The dog had made in the flower beds - grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
- lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
How To Use stool In A Sentence
- Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
- They had to make do with kitchen tuffets, orange boxes, a piano stool and a rocking chair borrowed from next door.
- Before scrubbing, gowning, and gloving, the surgeon usually performs a rectal examination and proctoscopy to suction out any remaining stool in the distal rectum.
- The appropriate specimens to submit for testing include food (in the original container if it is available) or environmental specimens, stool, serum, gastric contents, or vomitus.
- Nineteen people have submitted stool samples that tested positive for diarrhea-causing agents: Campylobacter (14), norovirus (3), salmonella (1) and Giardia (1).
- Uncooked angelica sinensis lubricates the intestines and frees the stools.
- Dietary fiber increases the weight and size of your stool and softens it.
- We chose to sit on a comfortable settee rather than on hard chairs or impractical looking stools.
- Stools of children with lactose intolerance tend to be acidic and contain undigested sugar.
- At length one noticed the fact, and another; and then it became the general topic of conversation in the group upon the bridge, where Ethelberta, her hair getting frizzed and her cheeks carnationed by the wind, sat upon a camp-stool looking towards the prow. The Hand of Ethelberta