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Noun

1. 1
   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. plural, plural-only
2. 2
   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 plural, plural-only

   "the dejecta of the cholera patients"

Synonyms

All synonyms

dejectiondischargeeffluentejectionexcrementwaste

Example

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"the dejecta of the cholera patients"

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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