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Definition of Excretion
1. Noun. The bodily process of discharging waste matter.
Specialized synonyms: Defecation, Laxation, Shitting, Incontinence, Incontinency, Micturition, Urination
Generic synonyms: Discharge, Emission, Expelling
Derivative terms: Eliminate, Evacuate, Excrete, Excrete, Void
2. Noun. Waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body.
Specialized synonyms: Bm, Dejection, Faecal Matter, Faeces, Fecal Matter, Feces, Ordure, Stool, Fecula, Wormcast, Human Waste, Pee, Piddle, Piss, Urine, Water, Weewee, Barf, Puke, Vomit, Vomitus, Guano
Generic synonyms: Waste, Waste Material, Waste Matter, Waste Product
Definition of Excretion
1. n. The act of excreting.
Definition of Excretion
1. Noun. The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting. ¹
2. Noun. Something being excreted in that manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Excretion
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Medical Definition of Excretion
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Excretion
Literary usage of Excretion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"It must not be expected to produce any noteworthy effect on the excretion of
urea, uric acid, urinary acid, phosphates, or sulphates. ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1886)
"The Effect of Antipyrine on Urea excretion.—Umbach has recently investigated the
effect of antipyrine on the excretion of urea and uric acid. ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1869)
"The excretion of carbonic acid amounted, during daytime, to 58 per cent., ...
The excretion of urea, as has been known heretofore, is always greater during ..."
4. The Influence of Inanition on Metabolism by Francis Gano Benedict (1907)
"While the data in table 196 show that in general the excretion of nitrogen is
less as the fast progresses, the determination of 21.58 grams of nitrogen in ..."
5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1869)
"The excretion of carbonic acid amounted, during daytime, to 58 per cent., during
night ... On the day of rest, the excretion of urea, in both daily periods, ..."
6. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Some think that it acts directly on the kidneys, causing an elective increase in
uric- acid excretion; others look upon the renal excretion as secondary, ..."
7. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"Time of excretion in Different Conditions.—This varies with the preparation, the
dose, and also in different patients. It is possible that these differences ..."
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