excretion (redirected from excretions)

ex·cre·tion  (k-skrshn)

n.

1. The act or process of discharging waste matter from the blood, tissues, or organs.

2. The matter, such as urine or sweat, that is so excreted.

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excretion  (k-skrshn)

The elimination by an organism of waste products that result from metabolic processes. In plants, waste is minimal and is eliminated primarily by diffusion to the outside environment. Animals have specific organs of excretion. In vertebrates, the kidney filters blood, conserving water and producing urea and other waste products in the form of urine. The urine is then passed through the ureters to the bladder and discharged through the urethra. The skin and lungs, which eliminate carbon dioxide, are also excretory organs.

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excretion

the natural process of eliminating bodily wastes in the feces and urine.

See also: Bodily Functions

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	excretion - the bodily process of discharging waste matter excreting, voiding, elimination, evacuation defecation, laxation, shitting - the elimination of fecal waste through the anus expelling, discharge, emission - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus" incontinence, incontinency - involuntary urination or defecation micturition, urination - the discharge of urine
	2.	excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, BM, dejection, stool - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels fecula - excreta (especially of insects) wormcast - cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm human waste - the body wastes of human beings pee, piddle, piss, urine, weewee, water - liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" barf, vomit, vomitus, puke - the matter ejected in vomiting waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" guano - the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer