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- noun medicine The
transference ofbacteria from thefeces of adonor to thebowel of apatient suffering fromcolitis or of aClostridium infection
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chained_bear commented on the word fecal transplant
Here's a more recent article about the same procedure: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/09/10/216553408/microbe-transplants-treat-some-diseases-that-drugs-cant-fix
September 17, 2013