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Definitions for: Excrement [n] waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
Webster (1913) Definition: Ex"cre*ment, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excernere,
excretum, to skin out, discharge: cf. F. excr['e]ment. See
Excrete.]
Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast
out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories;
especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure.
Ex"cre*ment, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excrescere,
excretum, to grow out. See Excrescence.]
An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. [Obs.]
``Ornamental excrements.'' --Fuller.
Living creatures put forth (after their period of
growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which
are excrements and no parts. --Bacon.
Synonyms: body waste, excreta, excretion, excretory product
See Also: BM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, fecula, guano, human waste, ordure, pee, piddle, piss, puke, stool, urine, vomit, vomitus, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product, water, weewee, wormcast
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