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noun
- Physiology. a secretion, as saliva, that is reabsorbed by the body.
- refuse separated from anything; dross.
noun
- physiol any substance, such as bile, that is secreted from a part of the body and later reabsorbed instead of being excreted
- waste matter; refuse; dross
“dross, scum,” 1590s, from French récrément (mid-16c.) or directly from Latin recrementum, from re- (see re-) + cernere “to sift, separate” (see crisis).