Clinical Nurse Specialist, RN. After graduating from nursing school in Japan, I worked for two years in a large Tokyo hospital.
The definition of a stool is a seat without arms supported by three or four legs. An example of a stool is a seat that you'd sit on at a bar. Stool is the waste matter in a bowel movement. An example of stool is the source of the sample provided to a medical lab to check for stomach parasites. a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, typically having a round seat, three or four legs or a central post, and no back or arms.
What is Constipation: Constipation refers to infrequent or hard stools, or difficulty passing stools. More specifically, constipation may involve pain during the passage of a bowel movement, the inability to pass a bowel movement after straining or pushing for more than 10 minutes, or no bowel movements after more than 3 days.