excretion

ex·cre·tion

 (ĭk-skrē′shən)

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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ex•cre•tion

(ɪkˈskri ʃən)

n.

1. the act of excreting.

2. a substance excreted, as urine or sweat, or certain plant products.

[1595–1605]

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ex·cre·tion

(ĭk-skrē′shən)

The elimination by an organism of waste products, such as carbon dioxide and urea, resulting from metabolic processes. Higher animals have specific organs of excretion, such as the lungs and kidneys. In plants and many lower organisms, waste is eliminated by diffusion to the outside environment.

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excrete verb

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excretion

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

See also: Bodily Functions

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excretion

1. The removal of the waste products of cell metabolism.

2. The removal of feces, urine, and other wastes from the body via the colon, kidneys, lungs, or skin.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	excretion - the bodily process of discharging waste matter excreting, voiding, elimination, evacuation defecation, laxation - 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, 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

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excretion

noun

The act or process of discharging bodily wastes or foreign substances:

elimination, evacuation, purgation.

Medicine: catharsis.

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Translations

إخْراج، إبْراز غائِط

sekretionudskillelse

Ausscheidung

απέκκριση

excreción

excrétion

kiválasztódás

úrgangsefni

escrezionesecrezione

utskillelse

excreção

boşaltmaçıkarma

排泄

excretion

[eksˈkriːʃən] N (= act) → excreción f; (= substance) → excremento m

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excretion

[ɪkˈskriːʃ^ən] n [faeces, urine, sweat] → excrétion f; [drug] → excrétion f

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excretion

n (= act) → Ausscheidung f, → Exkretion f; (= substance) → Exkret nt

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excretion

[ɪksˈkriːʃ/ən] n (frm) → escrezione f

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excrete

(ikˈskriːt) verb

to discharge (waste matter) from the body. uitskei يُبْرِز، يُخْرِجُ غائِطا отделям excretar vyměšovat ausscheiden udskille εκκρίνωexcretar 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 uitscheidenutskille, utsondre wydalać, wydzielać دفع كول (لكه خولې يا نجاست)، اطراح، دباندې ايستل expelir a excreta выделять vylučovať izločati izlučiti utsöndra, uttömma ขับถ่ายของเสียออกจากร่างกาย dışkı yapmak 排泄 виділяти فضلہ خارج کرنا bài tiết 排泄

exˈcretion (-ʃən) noun

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

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ex·cre·tion

n. excreción, expulsión de lo secretado.

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