excretory organ


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Noun1.excretory organ - an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges themexcretory organ - an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them
urinary organ
flame cell - organ of excretion in flatworms
internal organ, viscus - a main organ that is situated inside the body
kidney - either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; "urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder"
apparatus urogenitalis, genitourinary apparatus, genitourinary system, systema urogenitale, urinary apparatus, urinary system, urogenital apparatus, urogenital system - the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine
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Yet Henderson argues that the skin is a major excretory organ, eliminating a significant amount of urea and other waste products.
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It functions as hematopoetic, phagocytic, endocrine and excretory organ and has distinct head and trunk region.
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From the time the skin becomes tough, the baby passes urine, nose, throat and lung secretions into the fluid so it takes on the role of an excretory organ.
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This vessel, which corresponds to the left anterior aorta (9) in the juvenile, is associated with Hatschek's nephridium, the first excretory organ to appear in the ontogeny of amphioxus.
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Ruben Meerman and Andrew Brown write in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal: "Lungs are the primary excretory organ for fat.
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