excreta
excreted matter, as urine, feces, or sweat.
Origin of excreta
1Other words from excreta
- ex·cre·tal, adjective
Words Nearby excreta
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How to use excreta in a sentence
The germs multiply very rapidly in the intestine and are passed off from the body with the excreta from the food tube.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterThe excreta of one specimen contained feathers of an unidentified species of bird.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico | William E. DuellmanWhen it is fed on the latter, in the excreta will be found numerous fragments, sometimes very bulky, of undigested caseine.
Typhoid fever germs live in the food tube, hence the excreta of a typhoid patient will contain large numbers of germs.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterIn permanent camps special sanitary facilities for the disposal of excreta will ordinarily be provided.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 | United States War Department
British Dictionary definitions for excreta
/ (ɪkˈskriːtə) /
waste matter, such as urine, faeces, or sweat, discharged from the body; excrement
Origin of excreta
1Derived forms of excreta
- excretal, adjective
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