Definition of excretion

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Excretion (n.) The act of excreting.

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Ejection :: Ejection (n.) The act or process of discharging anything from the body, particularly the excretions..
Excernent :: Excernent (a.) Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion..
Metabolism :: Metabolism (n.) The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism)..
Transpiration :: Transpiration (n.) The act or process of transpiring or excreting in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration, or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs. Perspiration is a form of transpiration..
Excrementive :: Excrementive (a.) Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement.
Biliation :: Biliation (n.) The production and excretion of bile.
Excretive :: Excretive (a.) Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion..
Colliquation :: Colliquation (n.) A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages.
Urine :: Urine (n.) In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion..
Vegetal :: Vegetal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals..
Diuresis :: Diuresis (n.) Free excretion of urine.
Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions..
Excretion :: Excretion (n.) The act of excreting.
Sordes :: Sordes (n.) Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected matter of any kind; specifically (Med.), the foul matter that collects on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions attended with great vital depression..
Bloody :: Bloody (a.) Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat..
Disassimilation :: Disassimilation (n.) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism..
Excretion :: Excretion (n.) That which is excreted; excrement.
Urinary :: Urinary (a.) Of or pertaining to the urine; as, the urinary bladder; urinary excretions..
Purgament :: Purgament (n.) That which is excreted; excretion.
Stegnotic :: Stegnotic (a.) Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally..
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