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The virus can be transmitted to humans through urine or fecal matter and cause fatal lung and kidney complications in humans.—Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026 Researchers analyzed fecal samples from Parkinson’s patients alongside matched healthy controls and found consistent differences between the two groups.—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026 Coliform bacteria is an intestinal bacteria found in warm-blooded mammals that can grow from fecal bacteria and cause illness in people, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026 While she’s only been linked to one, residents say the fecal vandal is responsible for multiple incidents.—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fecal
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Etymology
borrowed from Medieval Latin faecālis, from Latin faec-, faex "wine lees, tartar, dregs" (Medieval Latin also "excrement") + -ālis-al entry 1