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excreta
[ ik-skree-tuh ]
noun
- excreted matter, as urine, feces, or sweat.
excreta
/ ɪkˈskriːtə /
plural noun
- waste matter, such as urine, faeces, or sweat, discharged from the body; excrement
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Derived Forms
- exˈcretal, adjective
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Other Words From
- ex·cretal adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of excreta1
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Example Sentences
The germs multiply very rapidly in the intestine and are passed off from the body with the excreta from the food tube.
The excreta of one specimen contained feathers of an unidentified species of bird.
When 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.
In permanent camps special sanitary facilities for the disposal of excreta will ordinarily be provided.
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