stool

(stool). The fecal discharge from the bowels. bilious 5., the yellowish or brownish stools, turning darker on exposure, that are characteristic of bilious diarrhea. Bilious stools are green if the bowel contents are very acid. caddy s., the stools seen in yellow fever; they look like dark, sandy mud. fatty 8., stools containing fat: seen in diseases of the pancreas. mucous 8., stools containing large amounts of mucus: seen in intestinal inflammation. pea-soup 8., the characteristic liquid evacuation of typhoid fever. rice-water 5., the characteristic watery evacuations of cholera. spinach s., dark green stool resembling cooked spinach, resulting from the use of calomel in infants.