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Feces
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feces /fe·ces/ (fe´sez) [L.] waste matter discharged from the intestine.
fe·ces (fsz)
pl.n.
The matter that is discharged from the bowel during defecation; excrement. Also called stercus.

Feces
(Also called stool.) The solid waste that is left after food is digested. Feces form in the intestines and pass out of the body through the anus.

feces
(fē´sēz),
n the waste or excrement from the digestive tract that is formed in the intestine and expelled through the rectum. It consists of water, food residue, bacteria, and secretions of the intestines and liver.

feces
[L.] plural of faex; body waste discharged from the intestine; called also stool, excreta or excrement. The feces are formed in the colon and pass down into the rectum by the process of peristalsis. When the rectum is sufficiently distended, nerve endings in its wall signal a need for evacuation, which is made possible by a voluntary relaxation of the sphincter muscles around the outer part of the anus.

acholic feces
see acholia.
black feces
is usually melena due to the presence of digested blood pigments. Caused also by black pigments such as iron preparations and charcoal used in the treatment of diarrhea and poisonings.
bloody feces
see melena.
watery feces
diarrheic feces with a high water content.

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