dejecta
Americannoun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of dejecta
1885–90; < New Latin, neuter plural of Latin dējectus; deject
Example Sentences
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In 1861, at a station in India, some fresh cholera dejecta found their way into a vessel of drinking-water.
From Project Gutenberg
Dejecta should be covered with fresh chlorinated lime, one part to two of water.
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They avoid the dejecta of affected persons, but they do not force the native to live in the bush as they do a person affected by small-pox.
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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
Simulacra deorum immortalium depulsa sunt et statuæ veterum hominum dejectæ.
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