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Definition of Fecal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to feces. "Fecal matter"

Definition of Fecal

1. a. relating to, or containing, dregs, feces, or ordure; fæcal.

Definition of Fecal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to feces. ¹

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Definition of Fecal

1. pertaining to feces [adj] - See also: feces

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fecal

Literary usage of Fecal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"Perhaps the difficulty in drawing the line of definition between marked degrees of constipation and the condition of fecal impaction has led to the ..."

2. Embryology, Anatomy, and Diseases of the Umbilicus Together with Diseases of by Thomas Stephen Cullen (1916)
"fecal fistulae at the umbilicus due to wide-spread ulceration of the large ... Umbilical fecal fistulae due to burns. Tuberculous peritonitis followed by a ..."

3. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1915)
"As far as I am aware, this investigation is the first in which an attempt has been made to correlate conditions and changes in the fecal flora of human ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Theodore Gaillard Thomas (1880)
"fecal FISTULA. Definition—Tliese, which are much less frequently met with than urinary fistula;, consist in communications established between the vagina or ..."

5. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"Differentiating fecal from Non-fecal B. Coli—The Gas Ratio Test.— The earlier workers in this subject defined B. coli as an organism producing gas from ..."

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