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Definition of faeces noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

faeces

noun
 
/ˈfiːsiːz/
 
/ˈfiːsiːz/
(British English)
(North American English feces)
[plural] (formal)
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  1. solid waste material that leaves the body through the anus
    • A sample of fresh faeces should be collected each day.
    • The amount of blood in the faeces was measured.
    • The larvae may be excreted in the faeces.
    synonym excrementTopics Biologyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fresh
    • infected
    • dog
    verb + faeces/​feces
    • deposit
    • expel
    • be excreted in
    faeces/​feces + noun
    • sample
    preposition
    • in the faeces
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, plural of faex ‘dregs’.

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