faeces
pronunciation
How to pronounce faeces in British English:
UK [ˈfi:si:z]
How to pronounce faeces in American English:
US [ˈfisiz]
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- Noun:
- solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
Word Origin
- faeces (n.)
- see feces.
Example
- 1. Streets are filled with rotting fruit , faeces and other disease-spreading detritus .
- 2. Faeces are dried slowly within the toilet before being fed into a smouldering sand-filled reactor .
- 3. This is the transplanting of a small amount of faeces .
- 4. Dr mellow has found that treating patients with an enema containing faeces from a healthy individual often does the trick .
- 5. Some cases arise from drinking filthy water , most are from ingesting traces of faeces from the hands or in food .