stercoraladj.
/ˈstəːkərəl/ 1. Pathology. = stercoraceous adj. stercoral ulcer, an ulcer produced by the pressure of fæcal matter.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > faeces > [adjective]
stercorous1542
excremental1574
excrementitious1586
faecical1594
excrementous1600
turdyc1600
ordurous?1606
merdurinous1616
excrementious1636
stercorarious1656
stercorean1656
stercoreous1659
stercorary1664
stercorose1727
stercoraceous1731
stercoral1739
excremential1847
excrementitial1857
excretal1864
excretitiousc1865
excretory1878
fimetic1880
pooey1967
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess > ulcer > other ulcers
mouth canker?c1425
canker sore1798
cankerfret1823
perforating ulcer1853
cold ulcer1870
stercoral ulcer1898
1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lx. 207 Which..would inundate the Cavity of the Abdomen with stercoral Matter.
1817 S. T. Coleridge in Ess. Own Times (1850) III. 957 Some Hottentots..having publicly abjured the uric and stercoral faith of their grandmothers.
1894 Athenæum 10 Feb. 184/1 The posterior end of the intestine is dilated into a large stercoral pouch which is part of the midgut.
1898 W. Rose & A. Carless Man. Surg. 930 Fæcal material..gives rise..occasionally to stercoral ulcers.
2. Botany. (See quot. 1889.)
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1889 W. W. Wagstaffe Mayne's Med. Vocab. (ed. 6) Stercoral,..Bot. Applied to plants that grow upon excrements or dung.
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