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Also known as faeces, excrement, stool, poo, fecal matter, kak, poop, dung

Feces (also faeces or fæces) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine. Feces contain a relatively small amount of metabolic waste products such as bacterially-altered bilirubin and dead epithelial cells from the lining of the gut.

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Feces are the solid or semi-solid waste that your body produces after digesting food—they consist mainly of undigested food that was broken down by bacteria in your large intestine, along with small amounts of metabolic waste and dead cells from your gut lining. Understanding feces matters because they represent what your digestive system couldn't use and need to be eliminated from your body.

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Research

149,375 papers

Faeces transplantation—new wonder medicine?Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke · 2014Valeur J, Midtvedt TDOI: 10.4045/tidsskr.14.1261
The meaning of oral bacteria in faeces.Nature microbiology · 2024DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01692-z
Haemophili in faeces.Journal of medical microbiology · 1981Palmer GGDOI: 10.1099/00222615-14-1-147
Klebsiella in faeces.Lancet (London, England) · 1970Thom BTDOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(70)92845-x
Review of synthetic human faeces and faecal sludge for sanitation and wastewater research.ReviewWater research · 2018Penn R, Ward BJ, Strande L et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.12.063
Rational protocols for testing faeces in the investigation of sporadic hospital-acquired diarrhoea.ReviewThe Journal of hospital infection · 2001Gopal Rao G, Ozerek AE, Jeanes ADOI: 10.1053/jhin.2000.0845
DNA typing from human faeces.International journal of legal medicine · 1996Hopwood AJ, Mannucci A, Sullivan KMDOI: 10.1007/BF01369817
[Have Faeces].Archives des maladies de l'appareil digestif et des maladies de la nutrition · 1945JUDA A

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Contents

Characteristics
Physiology
Ecology
Human feces
Uses of animal feces
Fertilizer
Energy
Coprolites and paleofeces
Other uses
Terminology
Etymology
Synonyms
Feces of animals
Society and culture
Feelings of disgust
Social media
Jokes
See also
References
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Feces (also faeces or fæces) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine. Feces contain a relatively small amount of metabolic waste products such as bacterially-altered bilirubin and dead epithelial cells from the lining of the gut.

Feces are discharged through the anus or cloaca during defecation.

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