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dejecta

/dɪˈdʒɛk.tə/ UK
/dɪˈd͡ʒɛk.tə/ US
/diˈd͡ʒɛk.tə/ US

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From Latin dejecta (“things which have been cast away”), neuter plural of dejectus, past participle of dejicio (“to cast away”).

noun

plural, plural only 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 the dejecta of the cholera patients

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noun body waste

Français	déjection
Deutsch	Dejektion
Italiano	deiezioni

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@misc{dejecta_2026,
  title = {dejecta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dejecta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}