fecal

adj.
Of, relating to, or composed of feces.

(fē'kəl)
adj.

Relating to or composed of feces.

Pertaining to or of the nature of feces.

• f. bilirubin — bilirubin in feces should be reduced to urobilinogen and its presence is suggestive of abnormality. See also bilirubin.
• f. consistency — classified as watery, soft, normal, dry and firm, scybalous.
• f. eating — see coprophagy.
• f. egg count — see egg count.
• f. examination for worms — adult worms in anthelmintic trials are collected in sieves after sampling of fecal output. Fecal larvae are counted by special techniques, e.g. baermann technique.
• f. fat — normally a small amount in feces. Large amounts in feces of carnivores indicates malabsorption or maldigestion, suggestive of deficiency of bile or pancreatic or intestinal lipase. May cause clinical steatorrhea.
• f. hemagglutination — see hemagglutination test.
• f. marking — see marking (2).
• f. output — see fecal volume (below).
• f. pellets — an indication of normal health in sheep and goats, most rodents and wild ruminants. Horse balls are an equine approximation of pellets.
• f. porphyria — abnormally high quantities in feces are indicative of the presence of porphyria or protoporphyria.
• f. smudge pattern — the pattern of feces wiped on the buttocks of calves by their tails is used as an indication of the type of abnormality of the feces and of the gut.
• f. softeners — agents that act against excessive drying of feces in the colon, aiding defecation. Psyllium hydrophilic mucilloid, methylcellulose and dioctyl sodium succinate are examples.
• total f. fat — a determination of the amount of fat found in a 24-hour sample. Used to identify maldigestion or malabsorption of fat.
• f. trypsin — may be measured qualitatively or quantitatively to diagnose exocrine pancreatic insufficiency.
• f. volume — varies a great deal depending on food and water intake. Otherwise is an indicator of digestive efficiency. Also expressed as fecal volume.
• f. water — varies with water intake and composition of feed, especially in herbivores. Otherwise an indicator of absorptive capacity of intestine, or enteropathy or use of purgatives.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: foul with waste matter; of or relating to feces
  Synonyms: faecal, feculent

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fækal, ekskrement-

Français (French)
adj. - fécal

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Kot-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ιατρ.) περιττωματικός

Italiano (Italian)
fecale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - fecal

Русский (Russian)
фекальный, содержащий осадок

Español (Spanish)
adj. - fecal, relativo a los excrementos

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - exkrement-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
排泄物的, 渣滓的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 排泄物的, 渣滓的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 배설물의, 찌꺼기의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 糞の

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של צואה, צואתי‬

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