See Also: sterco-(medicine)
sterco-(dictionary)

sterco- (iou)



sterco- combining form .
sterco'bilin noun the colouring matter of faeces, a breakdown product of the bile pigment bilirubin L19.
stercolith noun (Medicine) a faecal concretion E20.
sterco'raceous adjective (a) consisting of, containing, or pertaining to faeces; faecal; (b) Entomology (of an insect) living in or feeding on dung; coprophagous: M18.
stercoral adjective = stercoraceous (a) M18.
sterco'rarious adjective (now rare) = stercoraceous M17.
stercorary adjective & noun (a) adjective (now rare) = stercoraceous; (b) noun (now rare or obsolete) a place where manure is stored, a dungheap: M17.
stercorate verb trans. (now rare or obsolete) manure, cover (the ground etc.) with dung E17.
sterco'ration noun (now rare) (a) the action or an act of manuring the ground etc. with dung; (b) dung, manure: E17.
ster'corean,
ster'coreous adjectives (rare) = stercoraceous (a) M17.
sterco'ricolous adjective (rare) living in dung or excrement L19.
stercorous adjective (rare) = stercoraceous (a) M16.