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excrement

[ek-skruh-muhnt] / ˈɛk skrə mənt /


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Researchers speculate they likely got infected during an activity in which they were exposed to a rodent carrying the disease or its excrement.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Humans can be infected with hantavirus by breathing in airborne excrement from some types of rats and mice.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

The shelter in the town hall car park has excrement smeared on the floor and reeks of urine.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

This happened seven times while I was in Castlehill and often led to excrement being left around the corridors and lounges.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

Nearly six years ago, before leaving for London, I had watched her die on that bed, had found her playing with her excrement in her final days.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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