dejecta
Meaning
- any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body. Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so on.
- Especially, excrements
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈdʒɛk.tə/
Etymology
From Latin dejecta (“things which have been cast away”), neuter plural of dejectus, past participle of dejicio (“I cast away”).
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