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At the end of 2024, the Food and Drug Administration had halted shipments from a major supplier of fecal transplant material, a national stool bank called OpenBiome.—Eric Boodman, STAT, 23 Mar. 2026 The virus primarily spreads through what’s known as the fecal-oral route.—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026 The situation caused solid waste to back up in the kennels, exposing dogs to fecal matter.—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026 The agency is still working through biosecurity testing, such as pullorum tests and fecal results.—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fecal
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borrowed from Medieval Latin faecālis, from Latin faec-, faex "wine lees, tartar, dregs" (Medieval Latin also "excrement") + -ālis-al entry 1