excretory
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skrɪˌtɔr adjective
pertaining to or concerned in excretion; having the function of excreting: excretory organs.
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excrete (ɪkˈskriːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to discharge (waste matter, such as urine, sweat, carbon dioxide, or faeces) from the body through the kidneys, skin, lungs, bowels, etc |
| 2. | (of plants) to eliminate (waste matter, such as carbon dioxide and salts) through the leaves, roots, etc |
| [C17: from Latin excernere to separate, discharge, from cernere to sift] | |
| ex'creter | |
| —n | |
| ex'cretion | |
| —n | |
| ex'cretive | |
| —adj | |
| ex'cretory | |
| —adj | |
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Medical Dictionary
excretory ex·cre·to·ry (ěk'skrĭ-tôr'ē)
adj.
Of, relating to, or used in excretion.
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Example sentences
The renal calyces and pelvis form the upper expanded end of the excretory duct of the kidney.
Its excretory ducts are from eight to twenty in number.
The excretory bladder extends from the posterior end to the pharynx.
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