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dejecta
[ dih-jek-tuh ]
noun
(used with a plural verb)
- waste discharged from the body; excrement.
dejecta
/ ɪˈɛə /
plural noun
- waste products excreted through the anus; faeces
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51Թ History and Origins
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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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