n. A bodily secretion that is reabsorbed into the blood
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria.
n.
n. Excrement.
n. A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; spume.
n. In medicine, a fluid which, after having been separated from the blood, is returned to it, as the saliva, the secretion of serous membranes, etc.
Word Usage
"Another: - Sprinkle (on the sore?) lead finely triturated with the recrement of copper; and sprinkle on it, also, the shavings of lotus, and the scales of copper, and alum, and chalcitis, with copper, both alone, and with the shavings of lotus."