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The bodily process of discharging waste matter
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excretion
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "action of excreting;" 1620s, "that which is excreted," from French excrétion (16c.), from Latin excretionem (nominative excretio ), noun of action from past participle stem of excernere "to sift out, separate" (see excrement ).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE faecal ▪ Even more recently Hammer etal measured the magnitude of faecal carbohydrate excretion in five patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. ▪ They showed that three of the five patients had excessive ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The process of remove or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excrete. 2 Something being excreted in that manner.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Excretion is the process by which metabolic wastes and other non-useful materials are eliminated from an organism . In vertebrates this is primarily carried out by the lungs , kidneys and skin . This is in contrast with secretion , where the substance may ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the bodily process of discharging waste matter [syn: elimination , evacuation , excreting , voiding ] waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body [syn: body waste , excreta , excrement , excretory product ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Excretion \Ex*cre"tion\, n. [Cf. F. excr['e]tion.] The act of excreting. To promote secretion and excretion. --Pereira. That which is excreted; excrement. --Bacon.
Usage examples of excretion.
A vial of that which is first passed in the morning, should be sent with the history of the case, as chronic rheumatism effects characteristic changes in this excretion, which clearly and unmistakably indicate the abnormal condition of the fluids of the body upon which the disease depends.
From observing its action in the cure of this and other miasmatic diseases, and knowing its composition, we are thoroughly satisfied that it contains chemical properties which neutralize and destroy the miasmatic or ague poison which is in the system, and, at the same time, produces a rapid excretion of the neutralized poisons.
The walls are covered with excreta chemically similar to the pile excretions, which forms a mastic to reinforce the tunnel against .
These faculties impart tone to the system, sustain the processes of nutrition, circulation, assimilation, secretion and excretion, and their distinguishing characteristics are vigor, tension, and elasticity.
Nothing should deter one from giving to this excretion the attention it deserves.
Nutritious diet, frequent alkaline baths to keep the skin in good condition and favor excretion through its pores, and a general hygienic regulation of the daily habits, are of the greatest importance.
It is also powerful in eliminating those morbid humors which are afterwards subjected to excretion through various organs.
It is a matter of surprise that physicians generally pay so little attention to the urine when dyspepsia is suspected, since all admit that an examination of that excretion furnishes unmistakable evidence of the nature and complications of the disease.
Although the microscope is of inestimable value in examining the renal excretion, it does not entirely supersede other valuable instruments and chemical re-agents in determining constitutional changes.
Absorption, assimilation, excretion, and also reproduction are performed by all classes of cells.
Define absorption, excretion, and assimilation as applied to the cells.
These compounds are carried by the blood to the organs of excretion, where they are removed from the body.
They must take it in excess of their needs, regardless of the effect, at least until the organs of excretion can throw off the surplus as waste.
While in theory excretion may be regarded as a distinct physiological act, it is, in fact, leaving out the work of the lungs, but a phase of the work of glands.
While the chief work of the liver is perhaps not that of excretion, its functions may here be summarized.