fecal
adj/ˈfiːkəl/
Etymology From Middle French fecal, from Latin faex, equivalent to feces + -al.
1
Of or relating to feces.
- Differential biochemical or physiological characteristics which correlate with aerogenesis at elevated incubation temperatures will be adapted towards a fecal coliform procedure and towards converting a total coliform procedure under development to give a fecal coliform count as well.1973, Water Resources Research Catalog - Volume 8, Issue 1, page 732:
- Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, have been under advisories warning about water quality this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste.2025 August 30, “US beaches warn about water quality due to unsafe levels of fecal contamination this Labor Day weekend”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press:
- Synonyms
- stercoraceous
- Derived terms
- fecal impaction, fecality, fecally, fecal matter, fecal microbiota transplant, fecal microbiota transplantation, fecal occult blood, fecaloid, fecaloma, fecal-oral, fecal transplant, fecaluria, nonfecal, orofecal, paleofecal, pseudofecal