laxation

Definitions of laxation

1. noun

   the act of making something less tight
   synonyms: loosening

   types:

   undoing, unfastening, untying

   loosening the ties that fasten something

   type of:

   adjustment, alteration, modification

   the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
2. noun

   the elimination of fecal waste through the anus
   types:

   bm, bowel movement, movement

   a euphemism for defecation

   haematochezia, hematochezia

   passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer)

   urochesia, urochezia

   passage of urine from the anus

   type of:

   elimination, evacuation, excreting, excretion, voiding

   the bodily process of discharging waste matter