excrete

ex·crete  (k-skrt)

tr.v. ex·cret·ed, ex·cret·ing, ex·cretes

To separate and discharge (waste matter) from the blood, tissues, or organs.

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[Latin excernere, excrt- : ex-, ex- + cernere, to separate; see krei- in Indo-European roots.]

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excrete [ɪkˈskriːt]

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) to discharge (waste matter, such as urine, sweat, carbon dioxide, or faeces) from the body through the kidneys, skin, lungs, bowels, etc.

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of plants) to eliminate (waste matter, such as carbon dioxide and salts) through the leaves, roots, etc.

[from Latin excernere to separate, discharge, from cernere to sift]

excreter  n

excretion  n

excretive , excretory adj

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

excrete - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" egest, eliminate, pass perspire, sudate, sweat - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat" exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores" make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, piss, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood" void, empty, evacuate - excrete or discharge from the body ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, disgorge, cat, spue, spew, regurgitate, chuck, honk, purge, cast - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" eject, expel, release, exhaust, discharge - eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

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excrete

verb defecate, shit (taboo slang), discharge, expel, evacuate, crap (taboo slang), eliminate, void, dump (slang, chiefly U.S.), eject, exude, egest the orifice through which the body excretes waste matter

Translations

excrete [eksˈkriːt] VT (frm) → excretar

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excrete [ɪkˈskriːt] vt [+ faeces, urine, sweat] → excréter; [+ sodium, calcium] → excréter

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excrete

vt → ausscheiden, absondern

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excrete [ɪksˈkriːt] vt (frm) → espellere

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excrete [ɪksˈkriːt] vt (frm) → espellere

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excrete

v excrete [ikˈskriːt]

to discharge (waste matter) from the body. uitskei يُبْرِز، يُخْرِجُ غائِطا отделям vyměšovat udskille ausscheiden εκκρίνω excretar eritama دفع کردن؛ بیرون دادن ulostaa excréter לְהפרִיש मलोत्सर्ग करना tjelesne izlučevine kiválaszt mengeluarkan kotoran skilja út espellere 排泄する 배설하다 išskirti izdalīt; izkārnīties mengumuhkan uitscheiden utskille, utsondre wydalać, wydzielać expelir a excreta выделять vylučovať izločati izlučiti utsöndra, uttömma ขับถ่ายของเสียออกจากร่างกาย dışkı yapmak 排泄 виділяти فضلہ خارج کرنا bài tiết 排泄

n exˈcretion [-ʃən]

uitskeiding إخْراج، إبْراز غائِط отделяне vyměšování udskillelse; sekretion die Ausscheidung έκκριση, έκκριμα excreción eritus مدفوع؛ فضولات uloste excrétion הַפרָשָׁה मलोत्सर्जन izlučevina kiválaszt(ód)ás pembuangan úrgangsefni (saur, sviti, þvag) escrezione 排泄 배설 išskyrimas, išskyros ekskrēcija, izdalīšana perkumuhan uitscheiding utskillelse, utsondring wydzielanie excreţie экскреция vylučovanie izločanje izlučevina utsöndring, uttömning, avföring ของเสียที่ร่างกายขับถ่ายออกมา çıkarma, boşaltma 排泄 виділення, екскреція فضلہ خارج کرنے کا عمل sự bài tiết 排泄