Definition of Dejections

1. Noun. (plural of dejection) ¹

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Definition of Dejections

1. dejection [n] - See also: dejection

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dejections

deixises
deja voulu
deja vu
deja vu phenomenon
deja vus
deject
dejected
dejectedly
dejectedness
dejectednesses
dejecter
dejecters
dejecting
dejections (current term)
dejectly
dejectory
dejects
dejectures
dejeration
dejerations
dejeune
dejeuner
dejeuners
dejeunes
dejitterizer
dejitterizers
dejunk

Literary usage of Dejections

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.) (1875)
"Diarrhœa preceded the characteristic dejections of dysentery in this case for nearly two weeks. Dating from the latter, the duration to convalescence was 7 ..."

2. Clinical Medicine: A Systematic Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of by Austin Flint (1879)
"It is a mental relief to find foreign bodies in the dejections, when the fact of their having ... The dejections should be examined daily for this object. ..."

3. Obstetrics: the science and the art by Charles Delucena Meigs (1852)
"Children that feed many times a day will generally be found to require several alvine dejections per diem. A child that satisfies its instinctive desire for ..."

4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1861)
"If one is treating pus, blood, dejections, or the like, enough of the powder should be added to form a paste of the mass, taking care to replace the first ..."

5. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1861)
"... blood, dejections, or the like, enough of the powder should IK- added to form a paste of the mass, taking care to replace the first layer of po" another ..."

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