rec|re|ment

rec|re|ment
rec|re|ment «REHK ruh muhnt», noun.
1. a substance which after having been separated from the blood is returned to it; a secretion from one part of the body that is absorbed by another, such as gastric juice.
2. the useless part of a substance; dross.
╂[< French récrément, learned borrowing from Latin recrēmentum dross < re- back + cernere to separate, sift]

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