Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
excrementitious .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective physiology Pertaining to, or consisting of,
excrement ; of the nature of excrement.
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Examples
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It serves as a temporary reservoir for the excrementitial residue of alimentary matter, and for the effete materials excreted by the glands contained in its mucous coats.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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Internal absorption is classified by some authors as follows: _interstitial_, _recrementitial_, and _excrementitial_; by others as _accidental_, _venous_, and _cutaneous_.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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