Category:Recrement

Rec"re*ment (rk"r*ment), n. Etym: [l. recrementum; pref. re- re- + Cernere, cretum, to separate, sift: cf. F. récrément.]

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.