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fecalia

fecalia noun: synonym of fecal matter.

Noun

fecalia pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of fecal matter.
    • At the same time, one of the sources of enteroviruses in the environment are the fecalia and the daily-economic sewage.1964, Hygiene and Sanitation, page 36
    • Unfortunately, fecalia and urine contain many factors favorable for microbial growth, as well as for the life of the snails in which part of the cycle of schistosomes takes place.1966, Oscar Felsenfeld, The Epidemiology of Tropical Diseases, page 50
    Synonyms:
    fecal matter

Examples of fecalia in a sentence

  • Development work is now in progress on this type of toilet aimed at the separation of fecalia and urine and separate treatment of these two types of waste.1980, Human Settlements in the Arctic: An Account of the ECE Symposium on Human Settlements Planning and Development in the Arctic...
  • Diseased and dead fish in the pens, together with fecalia and uneaten food, will also release lipid droplets.1992, Canadian Journal of Microbiology, page 1052:

Synonyms of fecalia

Origin of fecalia

From fecal + -ia.

Questions about fecalia

What does fecalia mean?
Fecalia means synonym of fecal matter.
How do you use fecalia in a sentence?
Development work is now in progress on this type of toilet aimed at the separation of fecalia and urine and separate treatment of these two types of waste.
What part of speech is fecalia?
Fecalia is a noun.

Words near fecalia in the dictionary

  1. fecal occult bloods
  2. fecal revolution
  3. fecal transplant
  4. fecal transplants
  5. fecal-oral
  6. fecalia
  7. fecalith
  8. fecaliths
  9. fecality
  10. fecally
  11. fecaloid

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