‖ excreta
(ɛkˈskriːtə)
[Lat.; neut. pl. of pa. pple. of excernĕre: see excern, excrete.]
Excreted matters; the waste expelled from the animal body; now often limited to the fæces and urine, or to the former only.
| 1857 Livingstone Trav. xxx. 614 The excreta had been expelled a full yard from the orifice. 1877 Erichsen Surg. I. 8 The lungs and skin..are unable to set free their excreta. 1878 Huxley Physiogr. 227 The smoke and ashes of the animal are..the fæcal and urinary excreta. |