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Coprophagia. A female oriental latrine fly (Chrysomya megacephala) feeds on feces. Coprophagia (/ ˌkɒprəˈfeɪdʒiə / KOP-rə-FAY-jee-ə) [1] or coprophagy (/ kəˈprɒfədʒi / kə-PROF-ə-jee) is the consumption of feces. The word is derived from the Ancient Greek κόπρος kópros "feces" and φαγεῖν phageîn "to eat ...
Defecation. Defecation (or defaecation) follows digestion, and is a necessary process by which organisms eliminate a solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material known as feces from the digestive tract via the anus or cloaca. The act has a variety of names ranging from the common, like pooping or crapping, to the technical, e.g. bowel movement ...
Toxocara canis. (Werner, 1782) Toxocara canis (T. canis, also known as dog roundworm) is a worldwide-distributed helminth parasite that primarily infects dogs and other canids, but can also infect other animals including humans. [1][2] The name is derived from the Greek word " toxon," meaning bow or quiver, and the Latin word "caro," meaning ...
Diarrhea. Diarrhea (American English), also spelled diarrhoea or diarrhœa (British English), is the condition of having at least three loose, liquid, or watery bowel movements in a day. [2] It often lasts for a few days and can result in dehydration due to fluid loss. [2] Signs of dehydration often begin with loss of the normal stretchiness of ...
Mariko Aoki phenomenon. The Mariko Aoki phenomenon (青木まりこ現象, Aoki Mariko genshō) is a Japanese expression referring to a sudden urge to defecate that is felt upon entering bookstores. The phenomenon is named after Mariko Aoki, a woman who described the effect in a magazine article published in 1985. According to Japanese social ...
Feces. A comparison of elephant (left) and cow feces (right) Feces (or faeces; sg.: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine. [1][2] Feces contain a relatively small amount of metabolic waste products such as bacterially altered ...
Dog poop girl (Korean: 개똥녀) refers to a 2005 incident in South Korea which was one of the first internationally reported occurrences of doxing.In a Seoul subway car, a young woman's lap dog defecated inside the train, [1] and the woman was photographed on another passenger's mobile phone camera after she did not clean up the mess despite numerous requests. [2]
Human feces photographed in a toilet, shortly after defecation. Human feces (American English) or faeces British English), commonly and in medical literature more often called stool, [1] are the solid or semisolid remains of food that could not be digested or absorbed in the small intestine of humans, but has been further broken down by ...