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recremental

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rec⋅re⋅ment

  [rek-ruh-muhnt]
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–noun
1. Physiology. a secretion, as saliva, that is reabsorbed by the body.
2. refuse separated from anything; dross.
Origin:
1590–1600; < MF < L recrēmentum dross, refuse, equiv. to re- re- + crē-, var. s. of cernere to sift, discern + -mentum -ment

Related forms:
rec⋅re⋅men⋅tal, adjective
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rec·re·ment   (rěk'rə-mənt)   
n.  Waste matter; dross.

[Latin recrēmentum : re-, re- + cernere, crē-, to separate; see krei- in Indo-European roots.]
rec're·men'tal (-měn'tl) adj.
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