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Meaning of dejecta | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

/dɪˈdʒɛk.tə/

Definitions

any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body. Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so on.
plural, plural-only
Especially, excrements
plural, plural-only

Examples

“the dejecta of the cholera patients”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Dejected Dejectedly Dejectedness dejecter Dejection Dejections