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dejecta

[ dih-jek-tuh ]

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. waste discharged from the body; excrement.


dejecta

/ ɪˈɛə /

plural noun

  1. waste products excreted through the anus; faeces
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dejecta1

1885–90; < New Latin, neuter plural of Latin ŧ𳦳ٳܲ; deject
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dejecta1

C19: New Latin: things cast down; see deject
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In 1861, at a station in India, some fresh cholera dejecta found their way into a vessel of drinking-water.

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Dejecta should be covered with fresh chlorinated lime, one part to two of water.

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They avoid the dejecta of affected persons, but they do not force the native to live in the bush as they do a person affected by small-pox.

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George H. McFadden, 79, leading cotton merchant; at Rosemont, Pa. The stench of Bernarr Macfadden's published dejecta rises from twelve magazines and three newspapers.

Simulacra deorum immortalium depulsa sunt et statuæ veterum hominum dejectæ.

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