What's the difference between defecation and defedation?

Defecation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.
  • (n.) The act or process of voiding excrement.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Stool weights, defecation frequencies, and transit times in this group are much closer to those of westernized whites than to rural blacks.
  • (2) Some 300 million women and girls are forced to defecate outside, exposed not only to the risks of disease and bacterial infection, but also harassment and assault by men.
  • (3) Giant migrating contractions associated with defecation were initiated by the highest dose of vasopressin.
  • (4) Gastrointestinal transit time, frequency of defecation, stool weight, and stool consistency were studied in 12 subjects who were each given fiber supplements containing wheat bran, psyllium gum, a combination of wheat bran and psyllium gum, or a low-fiber control for 2 weeks.
  • (5) The authors review the literature and their personal experience about the systematic exploration of defecation disorders by anorectal manometry and colpocystodefecography.
  • (6) A corresponding improvement in handwashing practices before preparing food was noted, although no improvement was observed for defecation and waste disposal practices.
  • (7) No significant differences were noted between taurine and control groups, either before or after taurine administration or before or after the step-change in inhibition demand, with respect to defecation in the test chamber, daily fluid consumption, body weight or total responses.
  • (8) and duration of bloodmeal, defecation and first fed of each stage) had a negative influence.
  • (9) Records from 20 patients on whom defecography and electromyography were performed simultaneously because of defecation disorders were analyzed.
  • (10) In the open field PCA groups showed hypoactivity and increased defecation up to 30 days after drug administration.
  • (11) We already knew that water provision alone couldn’t break the cycle of faecal-oral disease transmission because open defecation, poor hygiene, and poorly built latrines are the main sources of faecal contamination in the environment and water, and the real reasons why diarrhoeal diseases persist despite advances in water provision.
  • (12) Capsaicin-sensitive afferents may be involved in the initiation of certain forms of reflex defecation, although capsaicin-resistant mechanisms are capable of activating the normal excretory function.
  • (13) The effect of subdiaphragmatic vagotomy on food intake and defecation was studied in guinea pigs.
  • (14) During 5 days of reflex training the rats of both strains retained a high level of defecation until the end of the test that pointed at the emotional strain unceasing in spite of the automatization of the reflex.
  • (15) Almost half of India's 1.25 billion people currently defecate in the open.
  • (16) This study shows that abnormal defecation dynamics and the severity of constipation are predictors for persistence of chronic constipation and encopresis.
  • (17) Static anal manometry has proved itself a reliable, reproducible and objective assessment of sphincter function in the investigation of disorders of defecation and continence.
  • (18) The present experiment investigated the opposite effects of synthetic alpha-MSH and Melatonin on acquisition and extinction of a passive avoidance response (PAR) and on emotionality, as indexed by defecation, in the PA box.
  • (19) Five to 10 min after the drug administration, the camels at both dosages showed lacrimation, salivation, trembling, restlessness, frequent urination and defecation, followed by diarrhea.
  • (20) The effect of eating on defecation behaviour was investigated in four 20-30 kg pigs.

Defedation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of making foul; pollution.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) RT @ defede : BREAKING: Miami Dade just re-opned voting site November 4, 2012 8.07pm GMT Pew poll gives Obama 48% to 45% lead nationally This just in : the highly respected Pew Research polling organisation has Barack Obama with a narrow three percentage point lead in its final national poll of likely voters : Barack Obama has edged ahead of Mitt Romney in the final days of the presidential campaign.

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