excrement

Meaning

Noun

  • Human and animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
  • Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
  • Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails etc.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō.
  • Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō.

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