recrement
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rec·re·ment
(rĕk'rə-mənt) 
n.
Waste matter; dross.
n.
Waste matter; dross.
[Latin recrēmentum : re-, re- + cernere, crē-, to separate.]
recremental rec're·men'tal (-mĕn'tl) adj.Obscure Words:
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recrement
1) the superfluous or useless portion of any substance; refuse, dross, scum, off-scouring
2) spec. a waste product or excretion of an animal or vegetable body; also Physiol., a fluid which is separated from the blood and again absorbed into it, as the saliva or bile (opp. to excrement)
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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recrement
Saliva, or other secretion, that is reabsorbed into the blood.
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