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feces

[fee-seez]
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noun (used with a plural verb)

waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
dregs; sediment.

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RELATED WORDS

dung, feculence, ordure, excreta, egesta, ejecta

Nearby words

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  10. fecit
Also especially British, fae·ces.

Origin of feces

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin faecēs grounds, dregs, sediment (plural of faex)
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Examples from the Web for feces

  • Feces containing tape-worm segments may continue to be a source of infection for as long as a fortnight.

    Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley
British Dictionary definitions for feces

feces

pl n

the usual US spelling of faeces
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for feces

feces

n.

also faeces, c.1400, "dregs," from Latin faeces "sediment, dregs," plural of faex (genitive faecis) "grounds, sediment, lees, dregs," of unknown origin. Specific sense of "human excrement" is from 1630s.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for feces

feces

[fē′sēz]

pl.n.

The matter that is discharged from the bowel during defecation; excrement.stercus
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Science definitions for feces

feces

[fē′sēz]

Waste matter eliminated from the intestinal tract.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Culture definitions for feces

feces

[(fee-seez)]

Excrement; the waste material that is passed to the outside from the rectum through the anus.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.