excrement

[ek-skruh-muh nt] /ˈɛk skrə mənt/
noun
1.
waste matter discharged from the body, especially feces.
Origin
1525-35; < Latin excrēmentum, equivalent to excrē- (perfect stem of excernere to excrete) + -mentum -ment
Related forms
excrementous
[ek-skruh-men-tuh s] /ˌɛk skrəˈmɛn təs/ (Show IPA), adjective
Examples from the web for excrement
  • She said her employer burned her with an iron and forced her to eat excrement.
  • By converting our excrement to hydrogen people get to eat first.
  • His body hidden inside, he methodically lifted bucket after bucket of excrement over his head, upending them on the street.
  • Bacteria from human excrement appears to be the culprit.
  • The halls have been littered with crack vials, used condoms, discarded tampons and human excrement.
  • He was lying in his own excrement and drank from a hamster bottle attached to the side of the cage.
  • The disease toll of this human excrement is astounding, killing more people worldwide than any other single cause.
  • Mallon transmitted the disease through food contaminated with her excrement.
  • Given that this excrement is diluted by the excrement from hundreds of healthy animals, the actual amounts would be pretty small.
  • In an early-morning raid a year ago, the authorities found scores of emaciated, mange-infested dogs living in their own excrement.
British Dictionary definitions for excrement

excrement

/ˈɛkskrɪmənt/
noun
1.
waste matter discharged from the body, esp faeces; excreta
Derived Forms
excremental (ˌɛkskrɪˈmɛntəl), excrementitious (ˌɛkskrɪmɛnˈtɪʃəs) adjective
Word Origin
C16: from Latin excrēmentum, from excernere to sift, excrete
Word Origin and History for excrement
n.

1530s, "waste discharged from the body," from Latin excrementum, from stem of excretus, past participle of excernere "to sift out, discharge," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + cernere "sift, separate" (see crisis). Originally any bodily secretion, especially from the bowels; exclusive sense of "feces" is since mid-18c.

excrement in Medicine

excrement ex·cre·ment (ěk'skrə-mənt)
n.
Waste matter or any excretion cast out of the body, especially feces.