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stool

[ UK /stˈuːl/ ]
[ US /ˈstuɫ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
  2. a simple seat without a back or arms
  3. (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
  4. solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
VERB
  1. react to a decoy, of wildfowl
  2. have a bowel movement
    The dog had made in the flower beds
  3. grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
  4. 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
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