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

excreta

noun
 
/ɪkˈskriːtə/
 
/ɪkˈskriːtə/
[uncountable, plural] (specialist)
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  1. solid and liquid waste matter passed from the body
    • human excreta
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin, ‘things sifted out’, neuter plural of excretus, past participle of excernere, from ex- ‘out’ + cernere ‘sift’.
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