What is human feces?

"Feces" is used more in biology and medicine than in other fields (reflecting science's tradition of classical Latin and New Latin) In hunting and tracking, terms such as dung, scat, spoor, and droppings normally are used to refer to non-human animal feces; In husbandry and farming, manure is common. Stool is a common term in reference to human feces. read more

Human feces (or faeces in British English; Latin: fæx) are the solid or semisolid remains of the food that could not be digested or absorbed in the small intestine, but has been rotted down by bacteria in the large intestine. read more

Virtually all microbes found in human feces is harmless. However, when you poop, there are more bacterial cells in the poop than the number of humans who ever lived on earth. That being said, there is a possibility to have a few opportunistic pathogens being present including Clostridium difficile. read more