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dejecta

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈdʒɛk.tə/
  • General-American: /dɪˈd͡ʒɛk.tə/
  • General-American: /diˈd͡ʒɛk.tə/

1

noun

Meaning 1

any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body. Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body. Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so on.

Especially, excrements

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology

Examples

  • the dejecta of the cholera patients

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin dejecta (“things which have been cast away”), neuter plural of dejectus, past participle of dejicio (“to cast away”).

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: déjection — body waste
  • German: Dejektion — body waste
  • Italian: deiezioni — body waste