| Anus |
The hole your poo comes out of |
| Bacteria |
Germs |
| Bladder |
The balloon-like bag that holds your wee until you're ready to go to the toilet |
| Bowel incontinence |
When you can't control when you poo |
| Bowel movement |
Having a poo |
| Bowels |
Intestines (see below) |
| Bowl |
The part of the toilet that you wee or poo into |
| Chronic |
Something that goes on for a long time (usually an illness) |
| Cistern |
The top part of the toilet that holds the water |
| Constipation |
When you don't poo for a long time and your poo is dry and hard |
| Continence |
Control over weeing and pooing |
| Cubicle |
The individual space where the toilet is |
| Cystitis |
An infection in your urine |
| Dehydration |
When there's not enough water in your body |
| Diarrhoea |
Runny poo; when you have to poo a lot |
| Diurnal enuresis |
Wetting during the day |
| Dysfunctional voiding |
Inability to empty the bladder properly due to muscular problems (e.g. weeing that stops and starts) |
| Empty the bladder |
Have a wee |
| Empty the bowels |
Have a poo |
| Enuresis |
Wetting yourself |
| Faecal incontinence |
When you can’t control when you poo |
| Faeces |
Poo |
| Fibre |
Also known as roughage – it's something in your food that helps keep your bowels healthy |
| Gastroenteritis |
Upset tummy that can cause diarrhoea and/or vomiting |
| Incontinence |
When you can't control when you wee or poo |
| Intestines |
Long tubes along which food passes between the stomach and the anus |
| Kidneys |
You have two kidneys. These filter your blood to make wee |
| Kidney stones |
Small lumps in the kidneys which are made of calcium |
| Motion |
Poo |
| Nocturnal enuresis |
Wetting the bed |
| Overactive bladder |
Also known as unstable or irritable bladder. The bladder contracts before it is full, giving a sensation of needing to ‘go’ urgently |
| Pan |
The part of the toilet that you wee or poo into |
| Pass water |
Have a wee |
| Rectal |
To do with the rectum |
| Rectum |
The bit of your bowels nearest the bottom end (anus) |
| Renal |
To do with your kidneys |
| Residual urine |
Urine left in the bladder after a wee |
| Soiling |
Having a poo when you don't mean to |
| Stool |
Poo |
| Ureter |
The tube from the bladder up to the kidneys |
| Urethra |
The tube from the bladder to the outside of your body |
| Urinal |
A toilet for men and boys to wee into (you have to stand up to use it) |
| Urinary incontinence |
When you can't control when you wee |
| Urinary tract |
The tube from the bladder to the outside of your body |
| Urinary infection |
An infection in the urine e.g. cystitis |
| Urinate |
To have a wee |
| Urine |
Wee |
| Voiding |
Weeing |
| Waste |
Another term for poo (or wee) |
