fecal matter
Digestive system output
Fecal matter is the solid waste expelled from the bowels—a clinical or euphemistic term for shit.
The phrase appears in medical contexts, sanitation discussions, and situations where directness feels inappropriate: The water supply was contaminated with fecal matter.
Also spelled faecal matter in British English.
- excrementSolid bodily waste
- dungAnimal fecal matter
- cow pattyDried cattle feces
- stoolBackless sitting furniture
- droppingsAnimal excrement deposits
dog poop · poop bag · poop · number two · poop emoji · ordure · midden · bowel movement · meconium · waste · night soil · scat · manure · dysentery · muck · brown · latrine · wipe
- Contaminantspollutants, pollutant, heavy metals, toxin, pesticides
- Biohazardsanthrax, HIV, pathogens, prions, smallpox
- bodily wasteexcrement, urine, poop, pee, stool
- Fecespoop, dung, droppings, excrement, scat
- food hazardspathogens, toxins, parasites, viruses, bacteria
- wastewaterwastewater, sewage, sewage treatment, effluent, raw sewage
fecal matterpurified water
Water with contaminants removed
sterile solution · disinfectant · clean water · antiseptic · distilled water
fecal matterfood
Consumable nourishment source
nourishment · nutrients · sustenance · meal · edibles
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