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Definition of Faecal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to feces. "Fecal matter"

Definition of Faecal

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of fecal) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Faecal

1. faeces [adj] - See also: faeces

Medical Definition of Faecal

1. Pertaining to or of the nature of faeces. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Faecal

Literary usage of Faecal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Diseases of the Anus, Rectum, and Pelvic Colon by James Percival Tuttle (1902)
"These figures, however, are only relative; the amount of faecal material depends not only upon the food ingested, but the quality of the food and the ..."

2. Examination of Water, Chemical and Bacteriological by William Pitt Mason (1901)
"Speaking of a bacterial index of faecal pollution, Stoddart says : " Until we are able to single out a form specifically associated with ..."

3. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"Acquired faecal fistula? may result from injury, the sloughing of strangulated portions of the bowel, sloughing of the bowel-wall due to gangrenous ..."

4. A German-English dictionary of terms used in medicine and the allied sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"-brechen Kot-essen, n. eating faeces Kot-farbe, /. colour of fasces Kot-fistel, /. faecal fistula Kot-geruch, m. odour of faeces Kot-geschwulst, ..."

5. Clinical Lectures and Addresses on Surgery by Charles Barrett Lockwood (1907)
"I use the expressions ' faecal leak ' and ' faecal fistula ', but I do not know that they are quite correct. ' Intestinal leak ' and ' intestinal fistula ..."

6. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen, Marcus Beck, Raymond Johnson (1895)
"If this sign is present, it is diagnostic of faecal accumulation, but it does not prove ... The duration of obstruction from faecal accumulation is often ..."

7. Gynæcology for students & practitioners by Thomas Watts Eden (1920)
"Post-operative faecal fistulas are usually abdominal ; more rarely they occur in the ... Abdominal faecal Fistulae, when carefully treated, show a strong ..."

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