excreting

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ex·crete

(ĭk-skrēt′)

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

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

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

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Noun

excreting - the bodily process of discharging waste matter

excretion, 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

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Of these, we found 1 patient with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) who had excreted poliovirus for 2 years and then abruptly stopped excreting it.

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A British man has been excreting live poliovirus for an estimated 28 years.

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Probable cases were among persons who reported excreting at least one worm in stool and who were epidemiologically associated with a confirmed case.

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These purine derivatives (PD) are often excreting in urine.

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Meanwhile, Dr Pixie hears how 15-year-old Jamie has a rectal prolapse that makes excreting unbearably painful.