Excretum

Quick meaning: Excretum is a noun meaning singular of excreta.

Meaning

singular of excreta.

Example Sentences

Truly, chemistry can only cope with the excrements of living matter: after all, dead matter itself is only an excretum of life.

Silica is found in largest quantity in the stems and leaves and in the husks of grain—always in the exterior portions—and is regarded by botanists as of the nature of an excretum.

A biologist studying the degradation of a compound in an organism can introduce the compound in a labelled form into the organism. The specific activity of the compound (S₀) is known. After any time desired he can take an excretum or tissue of interest.

Tannin is contained in many plants and parts of plants; it often occurs in the cells of growing parts, and is then apparently useful in the metabolism. It very often occurs as an excretum in the bark and elsewhere, and it is such parts that are chiefly used as sources of it for commercial purposes.

Word Forms

• excreta

Synonyms for excretum

Depending on context, synonyms include excrement, excretion.

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