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recrements

recrements is the plural of recrement.

Meaning of recrement

Noun

recrement (plural recrements)

  1. Waste matter or dross.
    • [O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water...1723, John Smith, The Curiosities of Common Water: Or The Advantages thereof in Preventing and Curing Many Distempers. […], 5th edition, London: […] John and Barham Clark, […], →OCLC, pages 9–10
  2. A bodily secretion that is reabsorbed into the blood.

Questions about recrements

What is recrements the plural of?
Recrements is the plural of recrement.

Words near recrements in the dictionary

  1. recredits
  2. recrement
  3. recremental
  4. recrementitial
  5. recrementitious
  6. recrements
  7. recreolization
  8. recreolize
  9. recreolized
  10. recreolizes
  11. recreolizing

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