dejecta

Meaning

Noun

• 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.Dhaar (2008) Foundations of Community Medicine, 2/e
• excrements

Origin

• From Latin dejecta, neuter plural of dejectus, past participle of dejicio.