Meaning of EXCRETION
| Pronunciation: | | ik'skreeshun
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- [n] the bodily process of discharging waste matter
- [n] waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
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| | Synonyms: | | body waste, elimination, evacuation, excrement, excreta, excreting, excretory product, voiding |
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| | See Also: | | BM, defecation, dejection, discharge, emission, expelling, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, fecula, guano, human waste, incontinence, incontinency, laxation, micturition, ordure, pee, piddle, piss, puke, shitting, stool, urination, urine, vomit, vomitus, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product, water, weewee, wormcast | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ex*cre"tion\, n. [Cf. F. excr['e]tion.]
1. The act of excreting.
To promote secretion and excretion. --Pereira.
2. That which is excreted; excrement. --Bacon.
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| | Definition: | | This is a general term for the discharge of substances from the body. |
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| | Related Terms: | | cleaning out, clearance, clearing, defecation, depletion, discharging cargo, drainage, draining, effusion, egress, elimination, emptying, evacuation, exfiltration, exhausting, exhaustion, external secretion, extravasation, exudation, filtering, filtration, internal secretion, lacrimation, lactation, leaching, lixiviation, off-loading, ooze, oozing, percolating, percolation, removal, secernment, secreta, secretion, seep, seepage, straining, transudation, unloading, venting, voidance, voiding, weep, weeping |
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