faecaladj.
/ˈfiːkəl/ Belonging to or of the nature of fæces, characterized by the presence of fæces, as in faecal abscess, faecal fistula, faecal tumour.
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?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Hiijv Lytell celles, wherin the fecall mater taketh forme.
1623 J. Hart tr. P. van Foreest Arraignm. Vrines i. ii. 6 Easilier to expell the fecall excrements.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Fæcal Matter,..the fæces or great excrements of a man voided by stool.
1775 Nourse in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 438 The fæcal discharge lessened daily.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) vi. 155 The characteristic fæcal odour and colour.
1879 T. Bryant Man. Pract. Surg. (ed. 3) I. i. 2 An abdominal tumour may be..fæcal.
1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Fistula, fæcal, an abdominal fistula opening into an intestine.
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