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English
Noun
recrement (plural recrements)
- Waste matter or dross.
1723, John Smith, The Curiosities of Common Water: Or The Advantages thereof in Preventing and Curing Many Distempers. , 5th edition, London: John and Barham Clark, , →OCLC, pages 9–10:[O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...]
- (biology) A bodily secretion that is reabsorbed into the blood.
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