Solid waste discharged from the body through the bowels; bodily excrement.
From Latin 'faeces' meaning 'dregs' or 'sediment,' originally used for any kind of waste matter. The word was adopted by medical and scientific communities as a neutral, formal term.
The word 'feces' comes from the same Latin root that gives us 'fecal,' and interestingly, analyzing poop is one of the oldest medical diagnostic techniques—ancient doctors could tell much about patient health from their waste.
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