Stool is expelled from your body through your anus. The time it takes for food to travel from your mouth through your digestive tract to your anus is your bowel transit time. Sometimes, just the time it takes for food to travel through the colon is measured. This is called the colonic transit time.
stigma noun (FEELING). âº [C usually singular, U] a âstrong âfeeling of âdisapproval that most âpeople in a âsociety have about something, âespecially when this is âunfair: There is no âlonger any stigma to being âdivorced.
Three out of four people with a mental illness report that they have experienced stigma. Stigma is a mark of disgrace that sets a person apart. When a person is labelled by their illness they are seen as part of a stereotyped group. Negative attitudes create prejudice which leads to negative actions and discrimination.