dejecta

English

Etymology

From Latin dejecta (“things which have been cast away”), neuter plural of dejectus, past participle of dejicio (“I cast away”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈdʒɛk.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈd͡ʒɛk.tə/, /diˈd͡ʒɛk.tə/

Noun

dejecta pl (plural only)

1. (medicine, zoology) any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body. Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so on.
   1. Especially, excrements

      the dejecta of the cholera patients

Translations

body waste

• French: déjection (fr)
• German: Dejektion (de)
• Italian: deiezioni (it)

References

• “dejecta”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Adjective

dējecta

1. inflection of dējectus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

dējectā

1. ablative feminine singular of dējectus

Romanian

Etymology

From dejecție.

Verb

a dejecta (third-person singular present dejectează, past participle dejectat) 1st conj.

1. to deject

Conjugation

    conjugation of dejecta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a dejecta
gerund			dejectând
past participle			dejectat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	dejectez	dejectezi	dejectează	dejectăm	dejectați	dejectează
	imperfect	dejectam	dejectai	dejecta	dejectam	dejectați	dejectau
	simple perfect	dejectai	dejectași	dejectă	dejectarăm	dejectarăți	dejectară
	pluperfect	dejectasem	dejectaseși	dejectase	dejectaserăm	dejectaserăți	dejectaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să dejectez	să dejectezi	să dejecteze	să dejectăm	să dejectați	să dejecteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		dejectează			dejectați
	negative		nu dejecta			nu dejectați