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excreta

/ik-skree-tuh/US // ɪkˈskri tə //UK // (ɪkˈskriːtə) //

排泄物,粪便,排出物,排遗

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : excreted matter, as urine, feces, or sweat.

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Examples

  • The germs multiply very rapidly in the intestine and are passed off from the body with the excreta from the food tube.

  • The excreta of one specimen contained feathers of an unidentified species of bird.

  • When it is fed on the latter, in the excreta will be found numerous fragments, sometimes very bulky, of undigested caseine.

  • Typhoid fever germs live in the food tube, hence the excreta of a typhoid patient will contain large numbers of germs.

  • In permanent camps special sanitary facilities for the disposal of excreta will ordinarily be provided.