excrement (countable and uncountable, plural excrements)
(now specifically) Human and animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
(archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
• See also feces
excrement (plural excrements)
(obsolete) Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"cre*ment, n. Etym: [L. excrementum, fr. excernere, excretum, to skin out, discharge: cf. F. excrément. See Excrete.]
Definition: Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure.
Ex"cre*ment, n. Etym: [L. excrementum, fr. excrescere, excretum, to grow out. See Excrescence.]
Definition: An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. [Obs.] "Ornamental excrements." Fuller. Living creatures put forth (after their period of growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which are excrements and no parts. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 July 2024
(noun) a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks
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