·noun Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration.
II. Detritus ·noun A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.
dētrītus, a, um, Part., from detero. ...
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dētrītus P. of detero. ...
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