"dejecta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈdʒɛk.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈd͡ʒɛk.tə/ [General-American], /diˈd͡ʒɛk.tə/ [General-American]
Etymology: From Latin dejecta (“things which have been cast away”), neuter plural of dejectus, past participle of dejicio (“I cast away”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|dejecta||things which have been cast away}} Latin dejecta (“things which have been cast away”) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} dejecta pl (plural only)
  1. (medicine, zoology) 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. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (body waste): déjection (French), Dejektion (German), deiezioni (Italian)
    Sense id: en-dejecta-en-noun-k6XnDZEx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 67 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 64 36 Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'body waste': 100 0
  2. Especially, excrements Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-dejecta-en-noun-8xrOLIGD

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