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excreta

/ɪkˈskɹiːtə/

excreta noun: bodily waste which is excreted from the body.

Noun

excreta pl (normally plural, singular excretum)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) Bodily waste which is excreted from the body.
    • Human excreta are made up mostly of urine and excrement that include diverse complex molecules derived from foods and bodily processes – carbohydrates, sugars, fats, etc.2009, Ronald J. LeBlanc, Peter Matthews, Roland P. Richard, Global Atlas of Excreta, Wastewater Sludge, and Biosolids Management, page 24

excreta meaning in Tamil and Kannada

excreta in Tamil

உடற் கழிவு, கழிவுப் பொருள்கள், கழிவுப் பொருட்கள், சாணம், மலம், கழிவு

excreta in Kannada

ಮಲಮೂತ್ರಗಳು, ದೇಹಮಲ

Synonyms of excreta

Forms of excreta

singularexcretum

Origin of excreta

From Latin excrēta, neuter plural of excrētus, past participle of excernere.

Questions about excreta

What does excreta mean?
Excreta means bodily waste which is excreted from the body.
What is excreta in Tamil?
Excreta in Tamil is உடற் கழிவு, கழிவுப் பொருள்கள், கழிவுப் பொருட்கள். See Excreta meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is excreta?
Excreta is a noun.
How do you pronounce excreta?
Excreta is pronounced /ɪkˈskɹiːtə/.

Words near excreta in the dictionary

  1. excrescential
  2. excrescently
  3. excrescents
  4. excresces
  5. excrescing
  6. excreta
  7. excretability
  8. excretable
  9. excretal
  10. excrete
  11. excreted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: excreta (page history and authors); excreta (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); excreta (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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