excreta

From Latin excrēta, neuter plural of excrētus, past participle of excernere.

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈskɹiːtə/

excreta pl (plural only)

1. Bodily waste which is excreted from the body.
   • 2009, Ronald J. LeBlanc; Peter Matthews; Roland P. Richard, Global Atlas of Excreta, Wastewater Sludge, and Biosolids Management, page 24:

     Human excreta are made up mostly of urine and excrement that include diverse complex molecules derived from foods and bodily processes – carbohydrates, sugars, fats, etc.

Although strictly a plural noun, in practice the word is occasionally used as if it were an uncountable noun.

• exacter

excreta

1. third-person singular present indicative form of excretar
2. second-person singular imperative form of excretar

excrēta

1. inflection of excrētus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

excrētā

1. ablative feminine singular of excrētus

• excreta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

excreta

1. inflection of excretar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From French excréter.

a excreta (third-person singular present excretez, past participle excretat) 1st conj.

1. to excrete

excreta

1. inflection of excretar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative