dejecta

American  

[dih-jek-tuh] / dɪˈdʒɛk tə /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. waste discharged from the body; excrement.

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dejecta British  

/ dɪˈdʒɛktə /

plural noun

1. waste products excreted through the anus; faeces

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Etymology

Origin of dejecta

1885–90; < New Latin, neuter plural of Latin dējectus; see deject

Example Sentences

George H. McFadden, 79, leading cotton merchant; at Rosemont, Pa. The stench of Bernarr Macfadden's published dejecta rises from twelve magazines and three newspapers.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the extremity of the neck, which is blackened and hardened by the dejecta of the larvæ, the cocoon is fixed to the end of the cell without any other support.

From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard

Moro found that the dejecta of children contain large numbers of Bac. lacidophilus and Bac. bifidus, but, as age advances, the bacterial flora of the intestines tends to change.

From The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente by Douglas, Loudon

These stories are membra dejecta of older ones, and, although lineal descendants of ancient tales, are probably more or less modified or changed.

From Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by Fewkes, Jesse Walter

The tray which receives the dejecta should be cleaned out and supplied with fresh sawdust each day, and the soiled sawdust, remains of food, etc., should be cremated.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)