ejectan.
/ɪˈdʒɛktə/ With plural (and also singular) agreement.
1. The matter ejected from a volcano.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > ejected volcanic material > [noun]
ejection1794
dejection1839
ejectamenta1863
ejecta1886
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > ejection > that which is ejected
eructation1607
ejection1654
vomit1695
ejaculation1708
eventilation1716
ejectamenta1863
ejecta1886
1886 Amer. Meteor. Jrnl. 3 iii. 109 Dust and other ejecta played but a secondary part in the production of the phenomena.
1890 Nature 16 Oct. 601/2 It may be thought that any volcanic ejecta would speedily melt the snow upon which they fell.
1902 Daily Chron. 11 Sept. 6/2 On the afternoon of the 3rd the ejecta was of the colour of sulphur.
1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 25 The summit of the volcano usually has a well-defined crater from which ejecta escape to continue the building of the cone.
2. Pathology. That which is ejected from the body.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > [noun]
flux1382
superfluitya1398
outwaxing?1541
excrement1565
recrement1578
profluvium1603
redeliverage1612
evacuation1625
excretion1630
staxis1745
egesta1787
rejectments1818
rejectamenta1834
rejection1838
excreta1857
excretes1883
output1883
ejecta1890
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. I. 433/1 Ejecta, matters thrown out.
1908 Practitioner Oct. 601 Frequent vomiting,..the ejecta being often blood-stained and sometimes faecal.
1953 Faber Med. Dict. 134/2 Ejecta, matter thrown out; excretions.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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