fecal matter
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈfiːkəl ˈmætər/
- US
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materia fecal
- Food and water tainted with fecal matter cause diarrheal diseases that kill 1.5 million.
Gas fumes, fecal matter, Body odor or dead skin?
- Gas fumes, fecal matter, Body odor or dead skin?
- It's because fecal matter contains a lot of the microbiome elements.
- Like it looks like it's fertilizer or they're irrigating crops, but it's just fecal matter and waste.
- Do you know that by weight, your fecal matter, your stool is more bacteria than it is food matter?
- The one of the major volatile fatty acids very present in fecal matter is butyrate.
- It contains gin, lemon juice, sugar and carbonated water and fecal matter.
- It like their body is going through it like they're excreting, secreting fecal matter.
Examples
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Swimming in a pool contaminated with fecal matter poses serious health risks to swimmers.
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Where sanitary facilities are scarce, household solid wastes also tend to be mixed with fecal matter, further compounding the health hazards (Kjellen, 2001).
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And we just had that earlier, just had said who here is completely clean and and free of fecal matter in your car?
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In some instances, it may get rid of fecal matter that has been stuck for weeks.
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It's because fecal matter contains a lot of the microbiome elements.
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The study consisted of site mapping with repeated fecal matter collection and water sampling.
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High levels of pathogens can be found in biosolids as a result of fecal matter in wastewater.
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Alternatively, ranchers could protect streams using fencing to keep livestock fecal matter from entering waterways.
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The resulting environmental health hazards are worsened when overflowing drains are contaminated with fecal matter.
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Farmers must manage fecal matter from livestock to prevent water pollution in nearby streams.
Synonyms
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5.1
Solid waste that people or animals pass from their body
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9.2
A solid waste left by a person or animal
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8.9
A solid piece of poop that comes from the body
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5.8
Solid waste that the body leaves when you go to the toilet
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6.1
Waste that leaves the body, such as poop
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5.9
Solid waste that children pass from the body
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7.2
Solid waste that leaves your body when you use the toilet
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8.2
A childish word for poop
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4.8
Solid waste the body sends out through the anus after food is digested
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9.9
Solid waste from people or animals, for example poo
How Solid
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'fecal' means pertaining to feces and 'matter' means material or substance, so together they denote excreted waste. This is a literal, compositional construction following normal English modification patterns and would be understandable to a learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Fecal matter comes from fecal (an old word meaning 'leftover') and matter meaning 'material'. Put together, it paints the image of 'material left from the body', so today the phrase means 'solid waste' or 'poop'.