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Meaning of "stercoraceous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STERCORACEOUS

From Latin stercus dung + -aceous.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STERCORACEOUS

stercoraceous  [ˌstɜːkəˈreɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STERCORACEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stercoraceous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STERCORACEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stercoraceous in the English dictionary

The definition of stercoraceous in the dictionary is of, relating to, or consisting of dung or excrement.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STERCORACEOUS


araceous
əˈreɪʃəs
arboraceous
ˌɑːbəˈreɪʃəs
burseraceous
ˌbɜːsəˈreɪʃəs
butyraceous
ˌbjuːtɪˈreɪʃəs
camphoraceous
ˌkæmfəˈreɪʃəs
ceraceous
sɪˈreɪʃəs
cichoraceous
ˌsɪkəˈreɪʃəs
cyperaceous
ˌsaɪpəˈreɪʃəs
droseraceous
ˌdrɒsəˈreɪʃəs
furfuraceous
ˌfɜːfjʊˈreɪʃəs
lauraceous
lɔːˈreɪʃəs
oleraceous
ˌɒləˈreɪʃəs
papaveraceous
pəˌpeɪvəˈreɪʃəs
papyraceous
ˌpæpɪˈreɪʃəs
passifloraceous
ˌpæsɪflɔːˈreɪʃəs
piperaceous
ˌpɪpəˈreɪʃəs
unveracious
ˌʌnvəˈreɪʃəs
veracious
vɛˈreɪʃəs
voracious
vɒˈreɪʃəs
zinziberaceous
ˌzɪnzɪbəˈreɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STERCORACEOUS

steradian
stercoral
stercoranism
stercoranist
stercorarious
stercorary
stercorate
stercoricolous
sterculia
sterculiaceous
stere
stereo
stereo effect
stereo sound
stereo system
stereoacuity
stereobate
stereobatic
stereoblind
stereocard

WORDS THAT END LIKE STERCORACEOUS

arenaceous
argillaceous
carbonaceous
chartaceous
coriaceous
cretaceous
crustaceous
curvaceous
diatomaceous
farinaceous
gorgeous
herbaceous
micaceous
olivaceous
predaceous
proteinaceous
sebaceous
siliceous
the Cretaceous
tuffaceous
violaceous

Synonyms and antonyms of stercoraceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stercoraceous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STERCORACEOUS

Find out the translation of stercoraceous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stercoraceous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stercoraceous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

stercoraceous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estercorácea
570 millions of speakers

English

stercoraceous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

stercoraceous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

برازي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

stercoraceous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

stercoraceous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

stercoraceous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stercorales
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Stercoraceous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stercorös
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

stercoraceous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

stercoraceous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stercoraceous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

stercoraceous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

stercoraceous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

द्रवपदार्थाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

stercoraceous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stercoracea
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stercoraceous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

stercoraceous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stercoraceous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

stercoraceous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stercoraceous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stercoraceous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stercoraceous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stercoraceous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STERCORACEOUS»

The term «stercoraceous» is used very little and occupies the 190.875 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STERCORACEOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stercoraceous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stercoraceous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stercoraceous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STERCORACEOUS»

Discover the use of stercoraceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stercoraceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The London Lancet: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
Dr. Mayo related the case of a patient who died in the Marylebono Infirmary from obstinate constipation, attended with vomiting of stercoraceous matter throughout . On examination alter death, the rectum was found to be so constricted, that it ...
‎1847
2
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Mr. Bransby Coo er had made his inquiry because he believed a diagnostic mark of a certain c aracter existed to point out the seat of the obflruction. He believed that what was called “ stercoraceous vomiting” never existed when the ...
‎1847
3
The works of William Cullen ...: containing his physiology, ...
and therefore stercoraceous matter, is thrown up by vomiting ; and the same inversion appears still more clearly from this, that what is thrown into the rectum by glyster is again thrown out by the mouth. In these circumstances of inversion the ...
William Cullen, John Thomson, 1827
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Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Physic
as nervous or flatulent, might soon become inflammatory ; and you will have seen that, between stercoraceous colic and bilious colic the traits are hardly differential , any more than between bilious colic and vegetable colic. There is a general ...
William Stokes, John Bell, 1842
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First lines of the practice of physic
In some cases of colic, the peristaltic motion is inverted through the whole length of the alimentary canal, in such a manner that the contents of the great guts, and therefore stercoraceous matter, is thrown up by vomiting; and the same inversion  ...
William Cullen, 1816
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the medico-chirurgical review, and journal of practical ...
The vomiting returned a week after, in nearly the same quantity, but more markedly Stercoraceous. The evacuations per anum, had, notwithstanding the exhibition of laxatives and enemata, betn very scanty during the time which intervened ...
james johnson, m.d. and henry james johnson, esq, 1836
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The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
He had been the subject of what proved to be a direct inguinal hernia of the right side, which the doctor thought he had partially reduced by taxis; but vomiting persisted, and was now stercoraceous. Aperient medicine had been rejected by the ...
‎1873
8
Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal
This injection was retained about twenty minutes, when it came away, and with it a small quantity of liquid faxes, with one or two more consistent pellets of pale yellow stercoraceous mutter. Expressed himself much relieved, aud thought the ...
‎1843
9
The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal ...
She was bled, had more purgative medicines and an enema. On the 7th day the symptoms continued, with stercoraceous vomiting. Saline effervescing medicine with salts and opium was administered, and her bowels were relieved for the first  ...
‎1836
10
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
From the time that the stercoraceous vomiting commenced, no stools were produced by the natural channel. A considerable quantity of calmncl had been administered during the progress of the disease ; but while the constitution of the child ...
‎1835

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STERCORACEOUS»

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Why do some people lose their sense of smell?
Today, I can just pick up stercoraceous off-notes, and even then hardly with confidence. The sense of smell is of the highest importance to the greater number of ... «ABC Online, Feb 14»

REFERENCE
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