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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesमल
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mal
"डॉक्टर ने मल की जांच करने के लिए कहा।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Waste matter discharged from the bowels after food has been digested; excrement.
"Medical personnel analyzed the patient's feces to check for signs of infection." - 2
Dregs or sediment deposited by a liquid.
"The heavy feces settled at the bottom of the old wine cask."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin fex, fecis meaning 'dregs' or 'sediment', entering English in the late 16th century via medical and scientific terminology to describe bodily waste.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Feces" is said worldwide
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fèces
Transliteration: /fɛs/
"L'échantillon de fèces a été envoyé au laboratoire."
Kot
Transliteration: /koːt/
"Die Kotprobe wurde im Labor untersucht."
feci
Transliteration: /ˈfɛ.tʃi/
"Il campione di feci è stato analizzato."
heces
Transliteration: /ˈe.ses/
"El análisis de heces confirmó la presencia de parásitos."
fezes
Transliteration: /ˈfɛ.zis/
"O exame de fezes é um procedimento comum de rotina médica."
मल
Transliteration: mal
"डॉक्टर ने मल की जांच करने के लिए कहा।"
粪便
Transliteration: fèn biàn
"医生需要化验这份粪便样本。"
대변
Transliteration: daebyeon
"의사는 환자의 대변 검사를 요청했습니다."
糞便
Transliteration: funben
"医師は糞便検査を行うように指示しました。"
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