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Webster 1913 Edition


Excretion

Ex-cre′tion

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
excrétion
.]
1.
The act of excreting.
To promote secretion and excretion.
Pereira.
2.
That which is excreted; excrement.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Excretion

EXCRE'TION

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Noun.
[L. excretio, from excerno, to separate.]
1.
A separation of some fluid from the blood, by means of the glands; a throwing off or discharge of animal fluids from the body.
2.
That which is excreted; fluids separated from the body by the glands and called excrement.
The term excretion is more usually applied to those secretions which are directly discharged from the body. It is also applied to the discharges from the bowels, which are called alvine excretions.

Definition 2024


excrétion

excrétion

See also: excretion

French

Noun

excrétion f (plural excrétions)

  1. excretion

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