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fe⋅ces

  [fee-seez]
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–noun (used with a plural verb)
1. waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
2. dregs; sediment.
Also, especially British, faeces.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME < L faecēs grounds, dregs, sediment (pl. of faex)
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fe·ces   (fē'sēz)   
pl.n.   (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
Waste matter eliminated from the bowels; excrement.

[Middle English, from Latin faecēs, pl. of faex, dregs.]
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Cultural Dictionary

feces [(fee-seez)]

Excrement; the waste material that is passed to the outside from the rectum through the anus.

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Word Origin & History

feces 
1460, "dregs," from L. faeces "sediment, dregs," pl. of faex (gen. faecis) of unknown origin. Specific sense of "human excrement" is from 1639.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fe·ces
Variant: or chiefly British fae·ces /'fE-(")sEz/
Function: noun plural
: bodily waste discharged throughthe anus : EXCREMENT
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feces fe·ces (fē'sēz)
pl.n.
The matter that is discharged from the bowel during defecation; excrement. Also called stercus.

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