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Fecal is an adjective: it means “of or about feces,” the solid waste that leaves the body from the bowel. American English fecal; British English . Doctors and labs use it in phrases like fecal sample, fecal matter, fecal bacteria. It is a clinical word, not a playground word (there people say poop). Though a short label may call it “the American spelling of ,” that name belongs to the noun; fecal is the describing word that sits in front of another noun. Ordinary people often avoid both and say stool if they need a polite word.
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原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
fecaladj/ˈfiːkəl/
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Of or relating to feces.
- Differential biochemical or physiological characteristics which correlate with aerogenesis at elevated incubation temperatures will be adapted towards a fecal coliform procedure and towards converting a total coliform procedure under development to give a fecal coliform count as well.
- Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, have been under advisories warning about water quality this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。