feces
[ fee-seez ]
/ ˈfi siz /
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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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Also especially British, fae·ces .
Origin of feces
1425–75; late Middle English <Latin faecēs grounds, dregs, sediment (plural of faex)
Words nearby feces
fecalith, fecaloid, fecaloma, fecaluria, fecal vomiting, feces, Fechner, Fechner-Weber law, fecht, fecit, feck
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British Dictionary definitions for feces
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Medical 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
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Scientific definitions for feces
feces
[ fē′sēz ]
Waste matter eliminated from the intestinal tract.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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Cultural 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.