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HUMAN WASTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does human waste mean?
• HUMAN WASTE (noun)
The noun HUMAN WASTE has 1 sense:
1. the body wastes of human beings
Familiarity information: HUMAN WASTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The body wastes of human beings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("human waste" is a kind of...):
body waste; excrement; excreta; excretion; excretory product (waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body)
Context examples
It is usually spread through food that has been handled by an infected person, or through drinking water that is contaminated with human waste.
(hepatitis E virus, NCI Dictionary)
You can also get the infection by swallowing water in a swimming pool contaminated with human waste.
(E. Coli Infections, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
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