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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
excrement
 
SYLLABICATION:ex·cre·ment
PRONUNCIATION:  kskr-mnt
NOUN: Waste material, especially fecal matter, that is expelled from the body after digestion.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin excrmentum, from excernere, excr-, to excrete. See excrete.
OTHER FORMS:excre·mental (-mntl) , excre·men·titious (-mn-tshs) —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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