Hypertext Webster Gateway: "recrement"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Recrement \Rec"re*ment\ (r?k"r?*ment), n. [L. recrementum; pref.
re- re- + cernere, cretum, to separate, sift: cf. F.
r['e]cr['e]ment.]
1. Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful;
dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore.

2. (Med.)
(a) Excrement. [Obs.]
(a) A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed
by it.


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