(n.pl.) Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation.
Example Sentences:
(1) The faeces of forty-two were examined microscopically for nematode eggs.
(2) Access to human faeces, poor feeding and lack of deworming were also very evident.
(3) 0.5 to 1 gram pure Bismuth per day and person leaves the patients naturally by faeces.
(4) Of a given dose of DDE, 31% was excreted in the faeces as polar metabolites within 14 days, and 3-4% dose as DDE.
(5) Examination of cattle faeces demonstrated that six-month-old calves excreted moderate numbers of N battus eggs in June and July, thus contaminating next season's sheep grazing.
(6) [35S]Cyst(e)ine activity was detected in the faeces, but not in plasma or wool.
(7) At different times after starting feeding or injection, tissues (albumen gland, digestive gland and digestive tube, central nervous system, remainder parts), hemolymph and faeces were analyzed for unchanged 2,2'- or 4,4'-DCB.
(8) Buxtonella sulcata cysts were recovered from the faeces of adult cows on nine commercial dairy farms.
(9) Investigation of the concentration of norfloxacin in the faeces revealed that a substantial fraction of the dose was either absorbed or inactivated by faecal substances.
(10) Enterococcus faecalis was predominant in human and poultry faeces, Streptococcus bovis was typical of the bovine faeces and to a lesser extent also of pig faeces whereas Enterococcus durans, Ent.
(11) 15N excretion in urine and faeces increased in comparable relations in 6 cases of lysine increase levels only.
(12) Twenty-four (82.7%) out of 29 patients suffering from hospital acquired urinary infections by Klebsiella pneumoniae had the same species in their faeces.
(13) In a series of outbreaks of food-poisoning associated with the consumption of cockles, no bacterial pathogens were demonstrable either in faeces of patients or in cockles.
(14) Additionally the excretion of NDEA-F6 and NDBA-F14 in expired air, urine and faeces was studied after oral application to the rat.
(15) Presumably IgG in the gut is partially destroyed before being excreted with faeces.
(16) An experimental model of colonic urinary diversion was performed on male Wistar rats to see if faeces, urine or a faeces and urine mixture produces tumours.
(17) Faecal cultures were established using bovine faeces containing known numbers of eggs from either Oesophagostomum radiatum, Haemonchus placei, Cooperia pectinata or a mixture of all three.
(18) On the basis of previously obtained evidence that Gram-negative bacteria may influence the activity of leukaemia, a study of the composition of the flora, the immune stimulation by the Gram-negative bacteria and the endotoxin concentration in faeces was conducted in patients with low-grade malignant B-cell lymphoma as well as in patients with acute leukaemia.
(19) Rotaviruses and mycoplasma-like particles were observed in the faeces of calves with and without diarrhoea.
(20) The hepta-, hexa- and penta-carboxylic porphyrins found in the faeces of rats poisoned with hexachlorobenzene have been separated by high-pressure liquid chromatography and characterized largely by spectroscopie methods.
Guaiac
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum.
(n.) Guaiacum.
Example Sentences:
(1) To compare the readability and sensitivity of a new guaiac faecal occult blood test, HemoccultSENSA, with those of a standard guaiac-based test, Hemoccult, in a normal working environment.
(2) We also recommend guaiac testing of the stool at least twice a year.
(3) The aim of this study was to evaluate whether use of a new method (vehicle) of stool collection for the faecal occult blood guaiac test would be preferred to the established standard.
(4) Three patients have had melena and one had persistently guaiac-positive stools.
(5) A histamine H2 receptor antagonist was started for guaiac-positive nasogastric tube drainage.
(6) Bleeding in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract was determined visually (frank blood in gastric contents) or by guaiac testing.
(7) Decreased guaiac test sensitivity was associated with activated charcoal, dimethylaminoethanol, red chile, N-acetylcysteine, rifampin, red Jell-O (General Foods Corp, White Plains, NY), orange juice, Pepto-Bismol (Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals, Norwich, NY), simethicone, spaghetti sauce, and several red wines.
(8) Three rectal adenocarcinomas were detected, of which only one was positive by guaiac test, but two by Hemolex test.
(9) Mass screening for colorectal cancer using guaiac slide tests, coupled with patient compliance for a screening protocol and adequate follow-up evaluation, has the potential to identify and treat early colorectal cancer.
(10) The object of this study was to assess whether an immunological test specific for human hemoglobin improves the detection of bleeding from colorectal tumors as compared to a conventional guaiac test for occult fecal blood.
(11) Breast, abdominal, lymph node, and pelvic examinations, as well as a pap smear and stool guaiac, were done at each of these clinic visits.
(12) Conventional occult blood testing using the chemical method has been compared with newly developed immunological testing methods; the Hemoccult slide II (HEM II) test has been widely accepted as a guaiac test but such recent tests as the Latex agglutination test (Latex) and the Enzyme Immunoassay method (EIA) have also come to be employed.
(13) The usefulness of colon-cancer screening using stool-guaiac testing has been established in large control populations, but not in dialysis patients.
(14) It is more sensitive and specific than guaiac test.
(15) The latex method was positive in 8% of the 38 controls, in 84% of 32 colorectal carcinoma patients, in 42% of 24 colonic polyp patients, in 22% of 9 gastric carcinoma patients, and in 22% of gastric ulcer patients in an active phase of their illness, whereas the guaiac method was positive in 39%, 81%, 58%, 78%, and 89% in the same order, respectively.
(16) The short duration of symptoms, the presence of anemia and guaiac positive stools, along with subtle radiologic abnormalities of the gastric fundus were aspects of this case which should increase the index of suspicion and lead to the correct diagnosis.
(17) We sought to document the use of the admission stool guaiac test in a teaching hospital, to determine its diagnostic yield, and to assess its potential benefit to patients.
(18) Criteria were established to distinguish "clinically indicated" from "routine" use of the admission stool guaiac test.
(19) Although 8-23% of runners have been shown to have guaiac-positive stools after a marathon, the incidence of significant and prolonged bleeding is unknown.
(20) Laboratory testing using serial dilutions of povidone-iodine solutions indicates that as little as 0.005 mL of a 1:1,000 dilution will give a positive guaiac reaction.