faeces Definition
fae·ces (fē′sēz′)
faeces Related Forms
fae′·cal (fē′kəl) adjective
faeces Usage Examples
Converse of object
- soften: Methylcellulose also helps to soften feces directly which makes them easier to pass.
- smear: However, older children who smear feces on walls are more likely to do so because they are angry, upset or confused.
- deposit: Dog owners should always deposit dog feces in a dog litter bin.
- remove: These were two counts of failing to remove forthwith feces deposited by his animals.
- eat: Most often the motivation for eating feces is just not known.
- dry: Humans usually become infected by inhaling the organism in fine particles of dried feces or respiratory secretions from infected birds.
Converse of subject
contaminate: Can be spread via feed and water contaminated by feces.
Adjective modifier
- infected: Cats in poor health are more likely to be shedding infected feces, particularly cats with feline AIDS.
- animal: It is most common in areas of poor sanitation where human or animal feces enter the water supply.
- fresh: On the second visit the same transect was walked and the number of fresh feces counted.
- human: The germs present in human feces can pass through up to ten layers of toilet paper.
Modifies a noun
specimen: The Environmental Health Department may tell you to stay off longer or may ask for further feces specimens.
Noun used with modifier
- mite: About 80 per cent of children with asthma are allergic to house dust mite feces.
- dog: Dog owners should always deposit dog feces in a dog litter bin.
- cat: Dog, cat feces - may contain disease organisms.
- urine: It is designed to protect the skin from urine feces, other body fluids, adhesive trauma and friction.
- dust: About 80 per cent of children with asthma are allergic to house dust mite feces.
- bird: Avoid contact with surfaces contaminated with bird feces or fluids.
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