2007-02-17 05:33:27 · 7 answers · asked by Christine J 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
In the medical profession, feces are referred to as stools. This comes from the Anglo-Saxon word stol, which means "seat". The word stool was originally used to describe the seat one sat on to defecate. So, a euphemism was that they were "going to stool". By the end of the 16th century, the word stool was used to mean the same thing as feces.
2007-02-17 05:37:04 · answer #1 · answered by Xiomy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you are a doctor, do you want to say the following words?
Poop, Poo, Turd, ****, Crap, Fecal Matter, Dump, Crud, or any of those other wonderful slang terms?
Stool is a non-nasty sounding word to define a very nasty bodily function that everyone understands.
2007-02-17 05:36:48 · answer #2 · answered by royalpainshane 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because sometimes they come out looking like the legs of a stool.
2007-02-17 05:36:33 · answer #3 · answered by don 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
would rather the doc say ok go n shiitt in a cup or i d like a stool sample its more polite
2007-02-17 05:37:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Eeeeeewwwwww!
2007-02-17 05:42:30 · answer #5 · answered by GeneL 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because that's where it ends up .. in the stool - toilet.
2007-02-17 05:36:35 · answer #6 · answered by ValleyR 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cause you'd giggle if your doctor said he needed to check your poo...
2007-02-17 05:36:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋