recrement noun. ['rɛkrɪm(ǝ)nt] Now rare. L16.
[French récrément or Latin recrementum, formed as RE- + cre- pa. ppl stem of cernere separate: see -MENT.]
1. A waste product of an organism. Also, a fluid produced in the body and again absorbed into it, as saliva or bile. L16-M19.

2. The superfluous or useless portion of a substance; dross, scum. L16.

■ recre'mental adjective L16.

■ recremen'titious adjective drossy, superfluous; of the nature of waste or scum: M17.

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