RECREMENT

Noun

recrement (plural recrements)

Waste matter or dross.

(biology) A bodily secretion that is reabsorbed into the blood.

Source: Wiktionary


Rec"re*ment (rk"r*ment), n. Etym: [L. recrementum; pref. re- re- + cernere, cretum, to separate, sift: cf. F. récrément.]

1. Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore.

2. (Med.) (a) Excrement. [Obs.] (a) A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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