What's the difference between recrement and recrementitious?

Recrement


Definition:

  • (n.) Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore.
  • (n.) Excrement.
  • (n.) A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The great amount of amylase in the blood not only increases the recrement of alpha-amylase by the small intestine, but also induces the synthesis of the intestinal gamma-amylase.

Recrementitious


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross.

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