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fecula

fe·cula

UK/ˈfɛkjʊlə/ uncommon

noun

1.

any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral)

Origin

From Latin faecula, diminutive of faex (“residue, dregs”).

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