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excrete
[ ik-skreet ]
verb (used with object)
- to separate and eliminate from an organic body; separate and expel from the blood or tissues, as waste or harmful matter.
excrete
/ ɪkˈskriːt /
verb
- to discharge (waste matter, such as urine, sweat, carbon dioxide, or faeces) from the body through the kidneys, skin, lungs, bowels, etc
- (of plants) to eliminate (waste matter, such as carbon dioxide and salts) through the leaves, roots, etc
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Derived Forms
- exˈcretive, adjective
- exˈcretion, noun
- exˈcreter, noun
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Other Words From
- ex·creter noun
- ex·cretive adjective
- unex·creted adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of excrete1
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Example Sentences
Ebola causes the body to excrete fluids that are teeming with the virus.
Hormonal excesses in the blood require a clean and healthy liver to metabolize and excrete.
In disease, the amount of solids depends mainly upon the activity of metabolism and the ability of the kidneys to excrete.
Now the system labours to excrete them in solution, even when in excess; and often succeeds in doing so.
In fact, this fluid would seem to be produced by most of the Rhynchota, for the Psyllid and Aleurodid also excrete it.
They excrete a sweet, sticky liquid called “honey-dew,” and cause the leaves to curl or drop.
A little duct or vessel, destined to receive secreted fluids, and to excrete or discharge them; also, a secretory vessel.
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