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Sloughing vs Dejecta - What's the difference?

sloughing | dejecta |

As nouns the difference between sloughing and dejecta

is that sloughing is something sloughed off while dejecta is any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the bodygordh and headrick (2011) a dictionary of entomology'' [http://booksgooglecom/books?id=9icmceajp6cc&pg=pa421 p421][http://wwwthefreedictionarycom/dejecta ''dejecta''] at ''thefreedictionary'' dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so ondhaar (‎2008) ''foundations of community medicine , 2/e.

As a verb sloughing

is .

sloughing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something sloughed off.
  • * 2012 , Frank Spellman, Revonna Bieber, Environmental Health and Science Desk Reference (page 831)
    • As the zoogleal slime reenters the wastewater, excess solids and waste products are stripped off the media as sloughings . These sloughings are transported with the wastewater flow to a settling tank for removal.
  • (zoology) The act of casting off the skin or shell; ecdysis.
  • * 1995 , Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History: Volume 38
    • If all sloughings were successfully recorded, which is not certain since rattle segments were not color-coded during this study, the interval between events averaged 246.1 days (1.5 sloughings per snake per year).

    dejecta

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body.Gordh and Headrick (2011) A Dictionary of Entomology'' p.421][http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dejecta ''dejecta'' at ''thefreedictionary'' Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so on.Dhaar (?2008) ''Foundations of Community Medicine , 2/e
    • p.362]Mavis Kirkham ?(2007) Exploring the Dirty Side of Women's Health [http://books.google.com/books?id=b8eF2w1GwbUC&pg=PA35 p.35
  • excrements
    • the dejecta of the sick
    (Webster 1913)

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