defaecatio

From dēfaecāre + -tiō.

dēfaecātiō f (genitive dēfaecātiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) cleansing, purifying
2. (Late Latin) defecation

Third-declension noun.

• “defaecatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "defaecatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “defaecatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.