"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
    Sense id: en-dejecta-en-noun-k6XnDZEx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 48 52 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 46 46 2 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 48 1 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 47 53 Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology
  2. (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.
    Especially, excrements
    Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-dejecta-en-noun-4uVaQupj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 48 52 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 46 46 2 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 48 1 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 47 53 Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (body waste): déjection (French), Dejektion (German), deiezioni (Italian)
Disambiguation of 'body waste': 50 50
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