Recrement
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Recrement is a noun meaning Waste matter or dross.
Meaning
Waste matter or dross.
More Meanings
- (biology) A bodily secretion that is reabsorbed into the blood.
Example Sentences
[O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...]
Word Forms
- recrements
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shruff, waste, debris, junk, scrap, outwaste.
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