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Discover LudwigThe word "fecal" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to anything related to feces, such as its odor, appearance, or composition. For example, "The fecal matter was brown in color and had a strong odor."
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fecal
adjective
Of or relating to feces.
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Spero recycled the anguished outpourings by the poet Antonin Artaud: terrified recollections of electric shock therapy, crazed railings against God and the universe, delirious streams of obscene "fecal poetry".
"I immediately began taking photos, vocal recordings, and collecting fecal samples, but I was very happy – my hands were shaking so bad I was having difficulty getting a clear photo".
The company wanted to analyze the "offending fecal matter" – and their employees' DNA via cheek swabs – to identify the culprit.
Moreover, in an age concerned with the efficient use of energy, technological improvements are squeezing human fecal matter to release every last drop of the stuff.
Some grey-water samples contained 50,000 times more fecal coliform than the accepted standard.
RESEARCHERS from the University of Houston conducted tests in nine American hotels recently and found enough bacteria to generate headlines referring to "Germiest hotspots" and "Fecal matter hiding in hotel rooms".
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In addition to suggesting that typhoid fever was waterborne, Budd argued that the mode of transmission was fecal-oral.
Transmission of the pinworm occurs via a fecal-oral route, and it can affect an entire family.
There are seven known hepatitis viruses, which are labeled A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Hepatitis A, E, and F viruses are transmitted through the ingestion of contaminated food or water (called the fecal-oral route); the spread of these agents is aggravated by crowded conditions and poor sanitation.
Viral gastroenteritis is transmitted primarily via the fecal-oral route, which includes eating sewage-contaminated shellfish.
Finally, the notion that "infecting" people with bacteria might be a good thing is entering the popular consciousness.Fecal transplants, where bugs from a healthy person's gut are introduced to one infected with pathogens, have been gathering much attention from the press in recent times.
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