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excreta
[ ik-skree-tuh ]
noun
, (usually used with a plural verb)
- 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
C19: New Latin, from Latin excernere to excrete
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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.
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The excreta of one specimen contained feathers of an unidentified species of bird.
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When it is fed on the latter, in the excreta will be found numerous fragments, sometimes very bulky, of undigested caseine.
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Typhoid fever germs live in the food tube, hence the excreta of a typhoid patient will contain large numbers of germs.
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In permanent camps special sanitary facilities for the disposal of excreta will ordinarily be provided.
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