Faeces


[fee-seez] /ˈfi siz/

noun, (used with a plural verb) Chiefly British.
1.
.
[fee-seez] /ˈfi siz/
noun, (used with a plural verb)
1.
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
2.
dregs; sediment.
/ˈfiːsiːz/
plural noun
1.
bodily waste matter derived from ingested food and the secretions of the intestines and discharged through the anus
/ˈfiːsiːz/
plural noun
1.
the usual US spelling of faeces
n.

see feces.
n.

also faeces, c.1400, “dregs,” from Latin faeces “sediment, dregs,” plural of faex (genitive faecis) “grounds, sediment, lees, dregs,” of unknown origin. Specific sense of “human excrement” is from 1630s.

feces fe·ces (fē’sēz)
pl.n.
The matter that is discharged from the bowel during defecation; excrement. Also called stercus.
feces
(fē’sēz)
Waste matter eliminated from the intestinal tract.
feces [(fee-seez)]

Excrement; the waste material that is passed to the outside from the rectum through the anus.

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